{"id":207937,"date":"2026-01-29T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/adaptive-gaming-technology-opens-new-doors-for-players-with-disabilities\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T18:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:40:08","slug":"adaptive-gaming-technology-opens-new-doors-for-players-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/adaptive-gaming-technology-opens-new-doors-for-players-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Adaptive gaming technology opens new doors for players with disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/adaptive-gaming-technology-opens-new-doors-players-disabilities\">Adaptive gaming technology opens new doors for players with disabilities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/adaptive-gaming-technology-opens-new-doors-players-disabilities\">https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/adaptive-gaming-technology-opens-new-doors-players-disabilities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-29 18:27:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.fox35orlando.com\">www.fox35orlando.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-4292be72=\"\">Adaptive gaming technology opens new doors for players<\/h4>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">Video games are a daily escape for billions of people worldwide, offering a chance to compete, explore and connect. But for players with physical disabilities, traditional controllers can make that world difficult or impossible to access.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\"><span class=\"dateline\"><strong>ORLANDO, Fla.<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>Video games are a daily escape for billions of people worldwide, offering a chance to compete, explore and connect. But for players with physical disabilities, traditional controllers can make that world difficult or impossible to access.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Health and education leaders in Central Florida are working to change that through a partnership between Orlando Health and Full Sail University, focusing on adaptive gaming technology that doubles as both entertainment and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">For Adrian Araiz, the barrier was physical. After breaking his back, Araiz lost the ability to fully use his fingers, making traditional video game controllers difficult or impossible to operate.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">&#8220;I mainly play Apex when I actually want to do more active gameplay. I play a lot of Minecraft,&#8221; Araiz said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Adaptive gaming technology has helped reopen that world for him. Araiz said he was introduced to specialized equipment that allows players to interact with games in new ways, including devices that can be controlled with limited hand movement or other alternative inputs.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">&#8220;There\u2019s like a little bionic arm that you can control with your brain,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I didn\u2019t even know that was a thing until I got to talk to the right people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\"><strong>CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The technology is part of a collaboration between Orlando Health and Full Sail University, aimed at blending gaming, rehabilitation and innovation. Organizers say the partnership is designed to help patients while also giving students hands-on experience in developing accessible technology.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">&#8220;It really ties in what Full Sail teaches when it comes to both the educational side and the technological&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/adaptive-gaming-technology-opens-new-doors-players-disabilities\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adaptive gaming technology opens new doors for players with disabilities https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/adaptive-gaming-technology-opens-new-doors-players-disabilities Publish Date: 2026-01-29 18:27:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.foxtv.com\/static.fox35orlando.com\/www.fox35orlando.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1200\/630\/wofl-full-sail-adaptive-gaming.jpg?ve=1&tl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[101,62],"class_list":["post-207937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-health","tag-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207939,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207937\/revisions\/207939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}