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Pokémon Go: Let’s Catch ’em All! (afb.org)
submitted by fastfinge
FiloRen 2 points 7y ago
I have been playing Pokemon Go and my boyfriend (who is blind) is so jealous. He loved Pokemon growing up. I try to include him in the experience by telling him what I've caught, and he'll come with me and our dog sometimes. But it's just not the same. I hope they make this accessible for him! He'd love it.
fastfinge [OP] 2 points 7y ago
I don't hold out much hope that they will. Or if they do, it won't be for years, and by that time, nobody will care about Pokemon Go anymore. I'm mostly harping on this to raise awareness of the problems of augmented reality apps. If that technology progresses at the same speed other smartphone technologies have, and nothing is done to make it accessible, within 5 years my bet is that blind people will lose access to most or all of the information sighted people will have about the world around them. What happens when most GPS apps go fully augmented reality? When the majority of meetups and events, instead of being planned on Facebook as they are now, are planned and organized in a virtual augmented reality overlay? When stores list deals and coupons only via a marker in an augmented reality app? When nobody introduces themselves anymore, because everyone can see everyone else's augmented reality nametag? That might seem far out now, but in 5 or 10 years, it won't. So we as blind folk need to be worried about it now, before it's too late. Google glass failed. But the next company to try something similar probably won't.
fastfinge [OP] 1 points 7y ago
It's been a week since we had a story about this. How could I let that stand? LOL

Previously:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/comments/4tna6s/suggested_tweaks_could_make_popular_pokemon_go/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/comments/4tfdq3/pokemon_go_blind_excluded_from_the_latest_craze/

https://www.reddit.com/r/blindpokemon/comments/4sr03d/pokemongo_accessibility_and_twitter/

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