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ANNOUNCER: Gadgets and advances...
COMPUTER: One, two...
MAN: We're looking at a prototype of a new computer game
specifically designed for players who are blind.
It's called Rock Vibe.
Rock Vibe taps into the same creative energy
mined by games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band:
the desire to play music and perform.
COMPUTER: Rocked Vibe artist, Anamanaguchi.
MAN: You pick a song from a list on Rock Vibe
and play along by hitting keys on the computer keyboard.
Your cue comes from the vibrating waist belt
that buzzes in time with the music.
Rock Vibe is challenging
because you have to make your moves very quickly.
At the same time, it really feels
like you're playing an instrument.
We took the Rock Vibe prototype for a test drive
with the youth leaders group at the BC service society
Blind Beginnings.
Here's Clement Chou.
I think Rock Vibe is a very unique concept
that's never been tried before.
I think, as a prototype, it actually works quite well
and it demonstrates the aim of the developing team,
and I believe that it could It can go very far.
MAN: This is Patricia Elgersma.
Once you get used to it, it's pretty, I think,
quick and easy concept for someone to get.
I think if you are someone who's really into games
that you'd catch on to it really quickly.
MAN: Rock vibe was invented by Rupa Dhillon,
a software programmer in California.
Rupa donates copies of Rock Vibe
to schools working with blind children.
The Rock Vibe website is...
In Vancouver, I'm Grant Hardy for Accessible Media.