{"id":329870,"date":"2021-08-24T21:50:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T18:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ea-makes-its-best-accessibility-gaming-tech-available-to-all-developers-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-08-24T21:50:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T18:50:27","slug":"ea-makes-its-best-accessibility-gaming-tech-available-to-all-developers-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ea-makes-its-best-accessibility-gaming-tech-available-to-all-developers-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#EA Makes Its Best Accessibility Gaming Tech Available to All Developers \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#EA Makes Its Best Accessibility Gaming Tech Available to All Developers \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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An A\/B example of NFL 21\u2019s deuteranopia color blindness image processing tech. EA<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EA is opening the patents<\/a> for five of its accessibility technologies, which are useful for both gaming and general<\/a> software design. Any person or business can use these technologies for free, and EA has even open-sourced some code<\/a> to make adoption and adaptation easier.<\/p>\n

Most of EA\u2019s accessibility tech revolves around colorblindness and low vision. One such technology<\/a>, which you may know from Madden<\/em> and FIFA<\/em>, automatically processes images to accommodate different forms of colorblindness (patents US 10,118,097<\/a> and CN 107694092<\/a>). Other technologies adjust contrast and luminescence (US 10,878,540<\/a>) for those with poor eyesight.<\/p>\n

These automatic image processing tools could find a lot of use outside the world of gaming. Companies could develop a computer monitor that\u00a0 automatically increases the visibility of software and websites, for example.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Apex Legends\u2019 ping system lets players communicate without hearing or speaking. EA<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The rest of EA\u2019s free patents accommodate hearing disabilities, though they could also help non-speaking or non-verbal people participate in team-based multiplayer game<\/a>s. The most notable of these patents is the EA ping system (US 11,097,189<\/a>), which allows people to communicate with teammates in Apex Legends<\/em> without voicechat.<\/p>\n

But the final (and most mysterious) EA patent is also quite notable. It\u2019s a real-time audio generator (US 10,790,919<\/a>), and it creates or modifies music based on a users\u2019 preferences. This audio generator could help people who are hard of hearing experience the dynamic background music of a game like Zelda<\/em> or Skyrim<\/em>, for example. It could also remove irritating sounds from a game for people with auditory sensitivity.<\/p>\n

EA plans to open patents for more accessibility technology in the future, and invites everyone, including its competitors, to take advantage of its now-free tools. If you\u2019re a game or software developer, you should probably check through EA\u2019s Patent Pledge<\/a> to see how the company\u2019s tech can improve your products.<\/p>\n

Source: EA<\/a> via IGN<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n