Xbox Adaptive Controller Plugs into Making Gaming More Accessible
Microsoft's Xbox Adaptive Controller is the company's first piece of hardware guided by the principles of inclusive design.
The late designer Hillman Curtis once said, ?The goal of a designer is to listen, observe, understand, sympathize, empathize, synthesize, and glean insights that enable him or her to ?make the invisible visible.? By this standard, the Microsoft Xbox Inclusive Tech Lab has achieved notable success, designing a solution for a segment of the population too often ignored: the 30 million gamers with physical disabilities. The result of their studied efforts is the Xbox Adaptive Controller, the most inclusive gaming console controller ever designed.
The Xbox Adaptive Controller ? XAC for short ? is one part controller, another part peripherals hub. As its name implies, the XAC adapts according to the needs of its user, a lap-size rectangular angled slab offering giant and easily accessible buttons mapped for the A and B buttons. The more interesting and useful feature is hinted by the line of symbols embossed across the width of the controller ? 19 ports (each 3.5mm jacks) matching the entire range of control inputs of a standard Xbox One controller. Each port allows the gamers to add input devices according to their particular needs: a foot pedal, a quad stick, one-handed joystick, Ablenet switches, foot rudders, and grasp switches.
Three threaded inserts allow the XAC to be easily installed onto wheelchair mounts, a lap board, or desk, with r...
The late designer Hillman Curtis once said, ?The goal of a designer is to listen, observe, understand, sympathize, empathize, synthesize, and glean insights that enable him or her to ?make the invisible visible.? By this standard, the Microsoft Xbox Inclusive Tech Lab has achieved notable success, designing a solution for a segment of the population too often ignored: the 30 million gamers with physical disabilities. The result of their studied efforts is the Xbox Adaptive Controller, the most inclusive gaming console controller ever designed.
The Xbox Adaptive Controller ? XAC for short ? is one part controller, another part peripherals hub. As its name implies, the XAC adapts according to the needs of its user, a lap-size rectangular angled slab offering giant and easily accessible buttons mapped for the A and B buttons. The more interesting and useful feature is hinted by the line of symbols embossed across the width of the controller ? 19 ports (each 3.5mm jacks) matching the entire range of control inputs of a standard Xbox One controller. Each port allows the gamers to add input devices according to their particular needs: a foot pedal, a quad stick, one-handed joystick, Ablenet switches, foot rudders, and grasp switches.
Three threaded inserts allow the XAC to be easily installed onto wheelchair mounts, a lap board, or desk, with r...
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