Event Type : Spawnpoint Tag 2 en

We gonna present a short summary about day 1 and show you what to expect from day 2 of our Spawnpoint Event.

The accessibility consultant, gamer without sight and content creator named “sightlesskombat” will talk a little bit about how it is to play games with his visual impairment. “Having no sight doesn’t mean you can’t play videogames”!

We proudly present Georg Regal from the Austrian Institute of Technology, who will bring us a little closer to his research projects Blind Bits and Points! Both deal with gaming, learning and visual impairment and how to relate this topics.

In this exciting discussion, the participants exhange their ideas related to the topic gaming and visual impairment. Our guests are researchers and teachers and talk about research projects regarding visual impairment and practical experience as an educator for blind.

We have a very special performance for you! E-sports teams will play Rocket League against each other, but with special glasses from Dialog im Dunkeln (Austrian company), which simulate different levels of visual impairment and thus increase the level of difficulty, but also raise awareness to gaming with visual impairment.

Special Effect is an English charity organization that has set itsel the goal of putting fun and inclusion into the lives of people with physical disabilities by helping them to play video games! They will present their work, projects and talk about their worldwide impact!

Carsten van Husen, CEO and founder of Bcon, will talk about his company, their esports team PENTA and the Bcon Gaming Wearable that they’ve developed to support gamers with disabilities.

In this discussion about the future of accessibility in gaming we have top-class guests who exchange ideas. Among other things, Brannon Zahand speaks with Austrian game developers about developments in this regard at Microsoft and at the respective Austrian game development companies.

Julian Le Play, an amazing Austrian band, will be playing a show for us!

Philipp Hansa will talk with the singer of Julian Le Play about the topic of accessibility and gaming and what experiences they’ve had so far regarding disabilities and games!

Dave and Mat from Stack Up will chat with Ken from Warfighter Engaged and the researcher Anna Felnhofer about mental health and gaming and why it is important and crucial to include games in research, especially in the area of PTSD.

Ken Jones, video gamer and founder of Warfighter Engaged, will tell us more about his non-profit and their mission to improve the lives of severely wounded and disabled warfighters through custom adapted devices.

We will get to know Morgan Baker, an award-winning Accessibility Specialist who has a strong commitment to increasing the accessibility and broadening the inclusivity of video games and interactive media. She will talk about her story, her experiences and her works in the field of gaming accessibility.

Our great event Spawnpoint is coming to an end! We’ll review both days, dare to look into the future of accessibility in gaming and thank all participants for their exciting content.