Wheelchair Basketball VR

We designed the app centered around creating a virtual reality game that users of varying abilities can use. Even though virtual reality games have a wide variety of uses, what unifies them is the need for optimal usability, accessibility, engagement, and overall user experience.

When animation is used in an app, it shows how an element changes when a user interacts with it. It is best when you want to illustrate how the function of an element changes. Functional animations are often used with toggles, switches, buttons, icons, and other small design elements.

Our challenge was making WCBVR feel realistic but still making it accessible to the player. Essentially, making sure our virtual reality experience was as close to wheelchair athletes’ experience as possible. This included making sure the wheelchair itself behaved like it would in real life. We had to study how players turned, their speed (both forward and backward), and the momentum behind shooting in order to transfer it into our virtual world.

• We created a fully equipped Virtual Reality Wheelchair Basketball game. The game features 2 modes: free play and timed, which features a score multiplier that moves around the court which encourages players to score extra points!
• You can also personalize your player and modify settings to help craft an ideal playing experience for you.
• Throughout this project, we designed with accessibility in mind, including adaptive controller support and colorblind options.
• We were able to share our project with fans at a Spurs game, who were excited and able to catch on quickly to the controls. The director of STRAPS was “so excited that this emerging technology is putting players in the game in a virtual way and increasing awareness of Paralympic sports.”