OMNI: Het spel voor iedereen
inclusief
technisch
co-design
frame innovation
De uitdaging
Spelletjes brengen mensen bij elkaar maar helaas zijn de meeste spellen visueel ingericht.
Dus hoe maken we een spel wat slechtziende met plezier kunnen spelen? En wat voor iedereen eerlijk aanvoelt?
Het proces
Door ons te verdiepen in de doelgroep via onderzoek, observaties en empathie werd al snel iets duidelijk. Voor slechtziende mensen zijn er nog altijd veel barrières om volwaardig mee te doen aan spel en sport, en dezelfde toegankelijkheid te ervaren als iemand zonder beperking. De vraag werd dus: hoe kunnen we slechtziende en ziende mensen écht sámen laten spelen?
Niet met een technologische oplossing die hen laat meedoen aan iets dat eigenlijk niet voor hen is gemaakt, maar met iets nieuws dat vanaf het begin inclusief is ontworpen: een spel dat voor iedereen werkt, zonder dat iemand er een nadeel van heeft.
Vervolgens zijn we dit idee ook gaan testen met slechtziende en met hun feedback het idee verder te verbeteren.
Wat wordt even anders?
Onze oplossing kreeg de naam OMNI, een reactiespel dat mensen met en zonder visuele beperking samen kunnen spelen. In plaats van te vertrouwen op visuele signalen werkt OMNI met multisensorische feedback zoals trillingen en geluid. Zo wordt een type spel dat normaal gesproken vooral op zicht is gericht opeens ook toegankelijk voor slechtziende spelers.
Door verschillende game modes en moeilijkheidsniveaus kan iedereen een variant vinden die past bij zijn of haar voorkeur en tempo. OMNI laat zien dat inclusiviteit niet ten koste hoeft te gaan van uitdaging of plezier, maar het spel juist rijker maakt. Ons ontwerp kreeg bovendien een plek op de Dutch Design Week, waar we lieten zien hoe technologie en empathie samen kunnen zorgen voor echt gedeelde speelervaringen.
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