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As part of a new pilot program, 22 VA facilities around the country will be receiving a gift from Microsoft: X-Box Adaptive Controllers, which are specially designed for gamers with mental or physical disabilities. "We owe so much to the service and sacrifice of our Veterans, and as a company, we are committed to supporting them," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a press statement. "Our X-Box Adaptive Controller was designed to make gaming more accessible to millions of people worldwide, and we're partnering with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to bring the device to Veterans with limited mobility."
The military hospitals will be using them to help rehabilitate wounded warriors, and X-Box chief Phil Spencer says if it's successful - the program could expand. The collaboration aims to improve rehabilitation and recreation for veterans by challenging muscle activation and hand-eye coordination, and encouraging greater participation in social and recreational activities. That will include participation in e-sports as well as traditional solo gaming.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 06 2019, @07:17PM (1 child)
>Some people never learn from history.
Like when russia messes with the rest of the world for the nth time and spends another next decade in a recession. Dang globalists. Dang dirty unfair international sanctions.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 06 2019, @09:35PM
Who did Russia invade from 1991 to 1998 ?
"international sanctions"
The U.S bullies nations into sanctioning the competition, and that is nothing new. But these days people are refusing to sanction more.
The United Sanctions of America is going down and the empire is taking its last breaths, so is getting desperate.