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Seeing With Sound... Presentation at DiGRA

DiGRA presentation on 'Seeing with sound'

Zach Mason 09 Jul 2022

Seeing With Sound... Presentation at DiGRA

At the DiGRA conference 2022 Zach Mason presented his PhD Research around co-designing non-visual games with Sight Advice South Lakes. The paper explains the functions of the game, as well as the design decision making throughout building it. A further paper reflecting on the workshops outcomes, as well as looking at movement styles is coming in the near future!

(The DiGRA paper will be linked here once published).

Heat-Maps from Workshop Participant Gameplay

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Zach Mason

Zach is a doctoral research student attached to Design Research Works. He has a bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design from Glasgow School of Art and his research investigates Accessible Design for Virtual Spaces. His current project explores the co-design of a, working with blind and visually impaired people through workshops aiming to highlight the need for better accessibility in games and spatial web environments.