‘Maze Day’ connects UNC with visually impaired kids and teens

May 6, 2016 ccepisodes

By Elise McGlothian

Student Rob Dallara guides Daisy Hester through a computer game during Maze Day 2014. The Computer Science department has held the annual event for twelve years. (Photo courtesy UNC Office of Communications and Public Affairs)
Daisy Hester plays a computer game during Maze Day 2014. The Computer Science department has held the annual event for twelve years. (Photo courtesy UNC Office of Communications and Public Affairs)

Playing the piano, getting through a virtual maze, and racing on the computer.  These activities may be challenging, but imagine playing without sight. It seems impossible.

But Computer Science students at UNC created assistive games so blind students can play. Maze Day 2016 welcomed students from all over North Carolina to participate in its twelfth year.

Elise McGlothian tells us more.

 

 

 

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