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Tech and Disability: What VR Offers the Disabled Community with Sunny Ammerman
Manage episode 407685060 series 2416324
Monica Michelle is joined by artist and disability advocate Sunny Ammerman
Sunny lives with Septo-optic dysplasia, panhypopituitarism, Optic Nerve Hypoplasia, and is missing a membrane in the brain called the "septum pellucidum".
In this episode, Monica and Sunny discuss:
- Sunny’s complex disorders and how she copes with them
- Everything VR provides from accessible gaming, social platforms and the potential for better online education.
- Various VR/AR games and their gameplay
- Sunny’s VR support group
TIMESTAMPS
00:45 - What VR/AR offers for chronically ill and disabled folks
11:57 - Sunny’s conditions and how she copes with them
17:55 - Features that make VR games accessible or inaccessible as well as different games and their play experiences
37:13 - The social aspects of virtual gaming
51:32 - What opportunities VR has for the future
1:04:49 - Sunny’s VR support group
The full transcript and all links mentioned can be found on the episode page on invisiblenotbroken.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
224 episodes
Manage episode 407685060 series 2416324
Monica Michelle is joined by artist and disability advocate Sunny Ammerman
Sunny lives with Septo-optic dysplasia, panhypopituitarism, Optic Nerve Hypoplasia, and is missing a membrane in the brain called the "septum pellucidum".
In this episode, Monica and Sunny discuss:
- Sunny’s complex disorders and how she copes with them
- Everything VR provides from accessible gaming, social platforms and the potential for better online education.
- Various VR/AR games and their gameplay
- Sunny’s VR support group
TIMESTAMPS
00:45 - What VR/AR offers for chronically ill and disabled folks
11:57 - Sunny’s conditions and how she copes with them
17:55 - Features that make VR games accessible or inaccessible as well as different games and their play experiences
37:13 - The social aspects of virtual gaming
51:32 - What opportunities VR has for the future
1:04:49 - Sunny’s VR support group
The full transcript and all links mentioned can be found on the episode page on invisiblenotbroken.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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