Challenge

We wanted to provide a solution to allow vision impaired users to experience Minecraft. The developers and Head of Marketing, Kara Costa, worked with volunteers who were vision impaired to build an experience that went beyond sight.

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After weeks of planning and ideation, the team came up with an amazing experience that surpassed expectations during Hack week. The Minecraft team was so pleased with the results that they took components of the code built for Hackathon, in the hopes that they can make Minecraft fully accessible, someday.

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Outcome

WINNER Gaming for Everyone Challenge

• 2nd place Science Fair’s "MOST INSPIRING"

• 3rd place online voting "SUPER CREATIVE"

• 4th place online voting "LEARNED SOMETHING", & "INSPIRED" & "SHIP IT!"

• Selected for a special demo/visit by Satya during the Hackathon

• Selected as one of MSW's "Best of 2016 //oneweek Hackathon"

• One of three teams video profiled for //oneweek

• Profiled as part of the Gaming for Everyone program

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