Hacks Allowing Disabled Gamers To Play Guitar Hero

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 20, 2008 @09:01PM from the getting-out-of-hand dept.

angrymilkman writes "Here are two interesting new approaches where researchers modified the popular Guitar Hero game so it can be played by gamers with disabilities. Air Guitar Hero modifies the Guitar Hero controller so someone without limbs can play it by using electrodes attached to the user's residual arm. Blind Hero is a mod for Frets on Fire that uses a haptic glove that can turn visual feedback into haptic feedback, allowing blind gamers to play Guitar Hero songs." There have been a variety of Guitar Hero hacks in the past, including a custom drum pad for playing the guitar part, using the plastic guitar as a real instrument, and rocking out with your bike, but it's nice to see some more serious modifications showing up.

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Guitar hero by Elektroschock · 2008-11-20 21:20 · Score: 0, Troll

guitar hero, is it Free and open source software or does the brain get wired to non-free software? As far as I can see it is proprietary and no free alternative exists.
Do you think that could be dangerous to the mental health of them? It does not feel good... Why would you want to run software connected to your brain where you cannot look at the source?