UCF Team Creates Accessible Video Game

Some children ask for video games for Christmas. There is a video game for children without hands. Students from the University of Central Florida's School of Visual Arts & Design worked with Limbitless Solutions to create an accessible video game called Smash Bro. Smash Bro and other games in the Limbitless Training Games series use electromyography (EMG) board technology. An EMG board is attached to one's forearm with conductive pads for the measurement of electric impulses while flexing muscles. In early August, UCF's game design students and their professors went to the Smithsonian American Art Museum where they had a demonstration of Smash Bro and talked with White House staff about accessibility technology. Children who received bionic arms from Limbitless Solutions tried out the video games and gave positive reviews in September. On December 1, Limbitless Training Games won the Best Serious Game Innovation Award during the Serious Games Showcase & Challenge at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando. For more details on this story, go to https://today.ucf.edu/ucf-game-wins-innovation-award/.

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