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In her #GDC17 talk, Deborah Hendersen, then Sr. User Research Engineer Xbox, demystified user research for designers, stressing the need to understand design principles, ensure fairness in testing, and foster effective collaboration for impactful, high-quality outcomes. #gamesUR

It's finally here! Audio Description, Screen Reader, and Captions are in the wild! We also added a number of other accessibility features - Mono Audio, High Contrast Outlines, Motion Sensor Aiming, ability to disable the Touch Pad in Combat, and more!

If you are building a Mixed Reality app, you need to see this thread. MR is an edge case nightmare. Meta doesn't know how to properly test it yet, and if you don't know this, you will get 1 star reviews. Here are the top edge cases I had to deal with building Pillow 🌙 🛏️ 👇

This screenshot has two things: - Tears of the Kingdom is using Dear ImGui, which I sort of knew but didn't have public proof of. - but mostly: Nintendo use tools to track who placed certain objects in the world, in order to facilitate tracking/discussing intent among designers.

🚨Calling all #gamesUR experts! Submissions for our 2024 #gamesUR Online Speaker Series are open till Friday September 27th! Whether you’ve led groundbreaking research, faced unique challenges, or have insights to share, we want to hear from you! Submit: forms.gle/9NYTD9Eukc2xfK…

Another session today! Details below.