A Perspective of Games for People with Physical Disabilities

Development of a Gesture-Based Game Applying Participatory Design to Reflect Values of Manual Wheelchair Users

“…In general, the enjoyment was higher when the act of overcoming the handicap was represented in a manner that empowered users [7]. That insight converges to the conclusions of Hutzler et al [8] and Szykman et al [6] about representing tools for overcoming disabilities as personal values of users in the game.…”

“…User interaction with exergames often employs Natural User Interface (NUI) through motion capture [5]. There is evidence that people with disabilities, including wheelchair users, become motivated while practicing solo or group exercises through interaction with NUI-based games [6].…”

“…Szykman et al [6] described the panorama of the research involving people with physical disabilities and NUIbased games developed until the year of 2015. The authors sought answers to the question "How are researchers conducting studies with NUI games and people with physical disabilities?".…”

“…The authors sought answers to the question "How are researchers conducting studies with NUI games and people with physical disabilities?". Szykman et al [6] evidenced the importance of the development of NUI games for people with disabilities through two main observations: (1) 35% of the users who went through a treatment involving NUI games declared some form of improvement in life quality and (2) 95% of the researchers that measured the users' enjoyment for the developed games pointed out that the users had a positive experience.…”

“…Most of the gesture-based games have their main focus on the development of the rehabilitation of the users [6]. Examples for rehabilitation are games whose users' interface is structured upon the necessary movements for physiotherapy after a stroke or cerebral palsy.…”