What You Need to Know
"We believe that games should be accessible to everyone. By sharing our technology, we aim to enhance inclusivity for players globally and eliminate unintended barriers to access.”Key Innovations in the New Accessibility Patents
Among the 23 newly patented technologies, six are set for release this year:
One standout addition is the IRIS Plugin for Unreal Engine 5. This tool enables real-time photosensitivity analysis, helping developers identify harmful visual patterns such as luminance flashes and red saturation. The plugin provides crucial safeguards for players with photosensitivity-related conditions, including epilepsy.Building on Past Successes
EA’s earlier contributions, like Fonttik, a tool ensuring readable in-game text, and the popular ping system from Apex Legends, have already set industry standards. The expanded pledge continues this legacy, making groundbreaking tools accessible to developers across the globe.By empowering developers with royalty-free access to these technologies, EA reaffirms its role as a leader in fostering accessibility in gaming.
- EA is introducing 23 patented accessibility technologies to reduce barriers for gamers.
- These patents will be available royalty-free to all developers.
- Six of the new technologies, including IRIS and Intelligent Personalized Speech Recognition, are slated for release this year.
"We believe that games should be accessible to everyone. By sharing our technology, we aim to enhance inclusivity for players globally and eliminate unintended barriers to access.”Key Innovations in the New Accessibility Patents
Among the 23 newly patented technologies, six are set for release this year:
- Intelligent Personalized Speech Recognition: Adapts speech recognition systems to individual user phonemes for greater accuracy, especially for accents or speech impairments.
- Generating Expressive Speech Audio From Text Data: Offers customizable, expressive speech audio generation from text, tailored to specific speaking styles and attributes.
- Generating Speech in the Voice of a Player: Creates in-game speech for avatars mimicking a player’s voice, based on minimal sample data.
- Voice Aging Using Machine Learning: Alters voice input to match a desired age without additional voice samples.
- Emotion-Based Music Style Change Using Deep Learning: Adjusts game soundtracks in real time to reflect player emotions.
- Dynamically Selecting Speech Functionality on Client Devices: Automatically detects and enables compatible speech recognition technologies on a player's device.
One standout addition is the IRIS Plugin for Unreal Engine 5. This tool enables real-time photosensitivity analysis, helping developers identify harmful visual patterns such as luminance flashes and red saturation. The plugin provides crucial safeguards for players with photosensitivity-related conditions, including epilepsy.Building on Past Successes
EA’s earlier contributions, like Fonttik, a tool ensuring readable in-game text, and the popular ping system from Apex Legends, have already set industry standards. The expanded pledge continues this legacy, making groundbreaking tools accessible to developers across the globe.By empowering developers with royalty-free access to these technologies, EA reaffirms its role as a leader in fostering accessibility in gaming.
