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Every hand. Every body. Every player.

Adaptive gaming means changing the controls, not the player. Here's how it works and where to try it.

  • Switch
  • Eye-gaze
  • Sip-and-puff
  • Head tracking
  • Adaptive controller
Illustration: a switch, eye-gaze, sip-and-puff, head tracking and an adaptive controller all trigger the same action on screen.

What is adaptive gaming?

Adaptive gaming is playing video games with controls that fit your body. Instead of a standard controller, a player might press a large switch (one big button) with a hand, foot or head, use eye-gaze (a camera that follows where you look), blow into a sip-and-puff tube, or move a cursor with small head movements.

Software can also remap controls, which means moving any action to a button you can reach. The game stays the same. The way in changes.

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Options

Changes apply instantly and are saved on this device only. Shortcut: Alt + O.

Motion

Turns off animation, counters, hue shifts and carousels.

Visual effects

Removes glows, gradients and pixel textures.

Pause animation

One switch that freezes everything that moves.

Contrast

High contrast: black and white, yellow focus, no transparency.

Theme
Text size

Pages reflow without sideways scrolling.

Reading font
Line spacing
Big targets

Every button and link grows to at least 56 × 56 px.

Reading guide

A highlight bar that follows your pointer or focus.

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