VIRTUAL WORLD
FOR YOUR NEEDS
VIRTUAL WORLD
FOR YOUR NEEDS
Our challenge was making it 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 were able to share our project with fans at a Spurs game, who were excited and able to catch on quickly to the controls. STRAPS director was “so excited that this emerging technology is putting players in the game in a virtual way and increasing awareness of Paralympic sports.”