Time for a new test!
On June 17th, we’ll be at the National Cinema Museum in Turin, together with a delegation from the blind and visually impaired community, to continue developing the GLEAM project.
The mobile (video)game is beginning to take shape with a promising prototype.
Sam and Alex – the two protagonists – find themselves, by a twist of fate, in a forest where they discover a mysterious Cube. Upon touching it, they are thrown apart in time: one into the past, the other into the future. The timeline has been disrupted, leading to a dark future ruled by a being known as the Specter of the Void. The protagonists must collaborate across time to restore the original timeline and ensure a peaceful, safe world governed by the Spirit of Culture. Using the Cube, players can communicate across time, beyond the boundaries of sight, and coordinate their efforts.
The prototype features two time periods: Ancient Greece and the year 2199, as a tribute to The Matrix.
The full game will also include content from the National Cinema Museum of Turin and the MART Museum in Rovereto.
Blind and sighted players will collaborate in a peer-to-peer mode through sound-based and tactile interfaces.
The game has a strong educational component and is being developed in connection with the European XR4ED platform.
In addition, the M-Cube Foundation is forging a meaningful partnership with Inventivio GmbH, creators of Tactonom. This collaboration will offer a phygital power-up, allowing for the printing of key in-game objects in 2D and 3D, and enabling the creation of an interactive training kit for blind users — one that spans subjects from history to fashion, from pop culture to ancient myths.
The GLEAM project has indirectly received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation action programme, via the XR4ED – Open Call issued and executed under the XR4ED project (Grant Agreement no. 101093159).
