This past week, the first VI-accessible, fully 3D First Person Shooter, Audio Quake, was released for Intel Macs running Leopard. Audio quake is an adaptation of the immensely popular mainstream game, Quake, which was released by ID Software in 1996. One of the things which makes Audio Quake so interesting, is that it uses the actual mainstream version of Quake that any sighted player would play, and simply adds audio queues and a few simple features so that a VI player can play along with sighted players.
the audio game is a result of several years work on the AGRIP project which is meant to show that VI gamers can enjoy the same games as the sighted, as well as play together with them, with only simple additions to existing mainstream software.
Quake’s fully 3 dimensional virtual environment is made available to the VI player via sonic queues such as walls, approaching passages and drop-offs, as well as the other players or monsters in the player’s view. The game is still in beta stage, as it is a work in progress. So all are invited to visit the home of the AGRIP project at:

http://www.agrip.org.uk

-and get involved if they’d like.

Happy Gaming!!!…