Helping disabled gamers play Minecraft

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This teenage girl has helped bring Minecraft to millions of severely disabled people. Becky Tyler has worked with Special Effect, a UK charity to develop a platform to allow almost anyone to control Microsoft’s block-building game with just their eyes. (Click to subscribe for more Channel 4 News videos. https://www.youtube.com/channel4news?sub_confirmation=1) Video games are played by billions of people across the world - but for those with severe physical disabilities using a normal console is often impossible. We went to meet Becky and Ajay, both helped by Special Effect to allow them to play games like Minecraft, Call of Duty and FIFA - and spoke to them about how this new technology is opening up their world and why gaming is so important to them.

Published 2018-08-20 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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