During this year's "Games for blind gamers" jam on #itchIO, a #game was submitted that tried to accurately portray a #blind protagonist. This game was developed by a developer who is not blind, but believed to have done adequate research into this. Some people did not agree and came down on them rather hard, but I saw an opportunity.
In this video I break down what was represented well, what wasn't, and we get into some really interesting #blindness and #disability topics along the way. Hopefully it might teach a thing or two :) https://youtu.be/qE81d4Pcw9E

#disability #disabilities #blindness #representation #indieGames #gaming #youtube #selfPromo

Try The vOICe for Android's AI depth view feature, toggled via the menu Options | AI depth view https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vOICe.vOICe and locate a chair without eyesight, using "louder = nearer"; #BCI #blindness

(YouTube) Easier than it used to be. Video clip with Jens Naumann, former recipient of a Dobelle brain implant for the blind, using The vOICe vision BCI on smartglasses, but at the time without AI depth view option, instead relying on good visual contrast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GsDfWqCMqw

RE: https://mas.to/@seeingwithsound/116376643109925361

A new study helps explain how the brain creates mental images https://www.npr.org/2026/04/09/nx-s1-5776510/a-new-study-helps-explain-how-the-brain-creates-mental-images

"OK, if I say the word puppy, you probably get a mental picture of something cute and cuddly with ears and a wiggly tail."

Visual-to-auditory sensory substitution for the blind aims to tap into this to create a scalable noninvasive visual prosthesis https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm #BCI #blindness

The future of vision restoration with ReVision Implant https://www.azolifesciences.com/news/20260326/The-Future-of-Vision-Restoration-With-ReVision-Implant.aspx using bioresorbable coating for flexible (soft) electrode insertion; brain implant, #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness

"We know we can generate dots of light and simple shapes, but understanding how patients interpret more complex imagery, such as faces or dynamic environments, remains a key unknown."

There are a few problems with using LLMs for image descriptions. For one, they're optimized to generate text while ignoring uncertainty. They'll spew text at the suggestion of an image.

https://mastodon.social/@koen_hufkens/116373561809399460

#blindness #accessibility

I visited the ophthalmologist today. It's now 10 years since my Trabeculectomies and pressures are holding steady, with freakishly low IOP. I'm #grateful for that surgery and no longer having to take multiple eye drops every day. If I could only regain the vision that was lost when those very expensive drops stopped working. #eyecare #vision #blindness

#PSA Get screened for #glaucoma and be religious in taking medication and seeing your eye care professional often.