Accessibility: Electronic Arts allows free use of five patented technologies

In an official statement published on its official website, Electronic Arts has announced leisure to any video game developer to use five of his patented accessibility technologies. Others could be added. later. This is a commitment from the publisher to never pursue anyone who would like to use them to allow better inclusiveness.

Exception: If a third party takes legal action against EA for violating a different patent, the publisher will refuse to share accessibility patents with him.

This commitment covers some of our most innovative technologies designed to drop barriers for players living with disabilities or medical problems. This includes those with problems of vision, hearing, speech or cognitive.

Thus, among these patents find itself The Ping System of Apex Legends , which allows to communicate contextual sound and visual information without having to speak and automated brightness and color improvement systems. image or adaptation to the auditory peculiarities of the user. An initiative to salute and who could, hopefully, push other giants from the sector to be generous. Rivalry should not concern certain topics. The exchange of know-how on certain issues affecting disability can only be a plus. Like the inclusion of more options in software.

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