Event Type : Spawnpoint Tag 1 en

Everything great has to start somewhere. In the opening we will talk about the origins of the Spawnpoint Event and let you know what to expect.

Together with Icey0082, a disabled Twitch streamer who mainly plays racing games, we chat about the origin of Spawnpoint and how he can play competitively despite his limitations.

In this close up you can find out more about the Tobii Dynavox company and their hardware. Alex Bloder, the Account Manager for Assistive Technology from Tobii Dynavox, will also present the Tobii Eye Tracker tool.
https://www.tobiidynavox.com/en-gb/

Antonio Ignacio Martínez will talk about his platform Game Accessibility Nexus and why it is so important to provide gaming reviews for visual impaired.
https://www.gameaccessibilitynexus.com/

We will chat a bit with Dennis Winkens from Wheelyworld, who defies his impairment and plays shooter like no other, about his story and what experiences he has made with hardware for more accessibility in gaming.
https://wheelyworld.de/

One of our most dedicated partners for Spawnpoint, David Hofer, the CEO of Lifetool, introduces his company. In addition, there is going to be a world premiere of a game that was just developed at Lifetool and marks a milestone for accessibility in gaming.
https://www.lifetool.at/en/home/

Pascal Dupré is a German-speaking streamer and podcaster who shares his story at Spawnpoint and shares his experiences in connection with gaming and his life with a genetic skin disease.

This Panel brings together the areas of research and production in the area of accessibility in games. Among others, Alex Bloder from Tobii, Lea Hehenberger from TU Graz and Chris Veigl from FH Technikum Wien discuss the topic of gaming and physical disabilities.

Special class entertainment! In this band battle, the singers of well-known Austrian bands like Seiler & Speer, Russkaja or Alkbottle will fight a relentless fight in FIFA – don’t miss this!

The Austrian band Hörst provides us with some good old Nerdrock. Be sure not to miss the show!

Kyle “onehandmostly” is an American streamer with Cerebral Palsy and, as you can possibly guess, plays most games with only one hand. We talk about his experience with accessibility in games and how he approaches different games in this regard.

We’ve got a guest from Xbox talking about the Adaptive Controller and other developments in accessibility in gaming at Xbox.

Robert “kleincrossi” gives us a little insight into his life with a physical handicap. The German-speaking streamer tells us something about his experience with gaming and accessibility as well as special hardware such as the Quadstick.

Lea Hehenberger, professor at the Institute for Neurotechnology at TU Graz, presents her research project Mirage 91 which uses the help of brain wave measurements to play computer games.

We take a brief look back at the past hours and chat about the guests and the program for Day 2 of Spawnpoint!