Kakao Games shares results and examples of 'Project to Support Auxiliary Devices for Improving Access to Games for the Disabled'
Dec 10, 2024
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Officials from four related organizations, including Kakao Games, the National Rehabilitation Center, Gyeonggi Province's Rehabilitation Engineering Service Research Support Center, and the Beautiful Foundation, and four applicants and their families selected as best practices among 31 applicants for game aids for the disabled attended the event at Kakao Games' office in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province on the 6th.
At the event, applicants for best practices presented their feelings and meanings through support for game aids, and Park Yoon-seop demonstrated the representative game of Kakao Games 'Oddin: Valhalla Rising' using supported game aids such as mouse sticks and eye mice. In addition, a letter of appreciation was awarded to them for sharing best practices, and time to listen to opinions for future business development was also prepared.
The family of the applicant, Lee Ha-rin, 9, who attended the event said, "'Eye tracker' supported by this project gave Ha-rin more time to play games or draw pictures alone without her family's help, and other family members were given the leeway to do housework or take a break even for a while"I would like to thank the disabled for giving them the power to live their lives beyond simply enhancing their right to enjoy games."
An official from Kakao Games said, `We are glad that more than 60 people with brain lesions and physical disabilities have been enjoying games in a higher quality environment and revitalizing their lives through game aids during the two years of business.' and added, `We feel that they have made a substantial contribution to the promotion of the right to enjoy game culture and closing the gap in access to games for the disabled.'
Meanwhile, Kakao Games announced that it is steadily carrying out various CSR projects such as 「"Visiting Friends Game Land" and"Auxiliaries Support Project to Improve Access to Games for the Disabled" to realize the CSR vision of"all equal enjoyment and multi-value games".
In particular, Kakao Games signed a business agreement with the National Rehabilitation Center, the Gyeonggi Rehabilitation Engineering Service Research Support Center, and the Beautiful Foundation to support a total of 100 million won, which is the first CSR project in Korea to be carried out for two consecutive years. This year, a total of 31 disabled applicants were selected through recruitment of applicants, consultation evaluation by assistive engineering experts, and usability evaluation of game aids, and a total of 225 customized game aids, including special keyboards, mice, and game controllers, and training on how to use them.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
