Peter J. Galbraith

The update I've been working on for nearly a year is finally out! We challenged the notion that VR is a medium that is only accessible to sighted players. I hope this update acts as a step toward a future where everyone can play & enjoy #VR! #Accessibility #VRForEveryone #A11y

I'm so excited and honored to share that I'm a nominee for the "Impact Through Education" category at @thegamehers awards! My knowledge sharing in the XR Accessibility space resonating with industry, alongside talented women in gaming, means the world! bit.ly/tghvoting

Dimensional Double Shift is out! It's free! Try it! #DDS #VRForEveryone

Excited to share the big project we've been working on at Owlchemy! If you have a Meta Quest 2, Pro, or 3, check it out Thursday when the open beta launches!

The final responsibility for a failed launch rests on the shoulders of the leadership who approved it. I'm certain many people knew before launch what was going to happen. They probably even raised concerns internally that were ignored. Normalize holding leadership accountable.

"An estimated 1.3 billion people – or 16% of the global population – experience a significant disability today." - who.int/news-room/fact… No singular person represents the entire community and there are many real people from various backgrounds who benefit from accessibility.

This is very exciting! Reading through the specifics in the linked article, it's clear that a lot of thoughtful design went into this. From price, to customization/flexibility, and even to considerations around packaging, this seems like it could be great for disabled gamers

This was an incredible undertaking by the team! I still can't believe we were able to overcome some of these hurdles! I only helped out for a couple weeks on this update, but this was easily some of the most technical and challenging work that I have experienced working here.

Accessibility in Games Week: Owlchemy Labs' Accessibility Product Manager Jazmin Cano and Senior Accessibility Engineer Peter Galbraith describe the approach they took adding blind and low vision accessibility to Cosmonious High. Watch on GDC YouTube! bit.ly/4d5JV53

Give me a bot that automatically posts "@<username> liked this tweet" as a reply anytime someone likes one of my tweets

@LadieAuPair The number of times I have received messages on LinkedIn from people trying to get me to work at Google while I am already working at a Google-owned studio is too high

Dear LinkedIn, Please stop recommending jobs at Microsoft, I just left there. Also, please stop recommending jobs at Netflix, I just started there.

Also please ignore the pre-pandemic headshot. I have grown my hair out and look a bit scruffier now. 😅 One of these days I'll get a new headshot... Or I'll go back to short hair and no beard/mustache. Who knows 🤣

Did you miss out on getting a ticket to attend in person? Well fear not because you can still catch my talk LIVE by attending virtually for FREE! Just sign up via the link in the quoted tweet!

D-2 days until #XRAccess2024! Join us as @PeterJGalbraith discusses @OwlchemyLabs approach to accessible subtitle systems in #VR. Sign up for FREE by June 5th to watch the event live via Zoom: xraccess.org/symposium #XR #AR #MR #accessibility #a11y #VirtualReality

Catch my talk next week on how we designed the #VR subtitles system used by @OwlchemyLabs! A lot of thought and care was put into addressing the #accessibility needs of players while tackling the challenges of a spatial medium and I'm excited to share that insight with everyone!

@ianhamilton_ I would love to see more games offering simplified controls! That said, I recognize that there are some big challenges when trying to offer simplified controls. Not insurmountable, of course, but it's also not as straightforward as some other accessibility features imo.

5 years since I posted this, still waiting to see it make its way into a AAA, get on it people #gamedev

@arevya Of course! My literal *only* caveat is that if you are taking part in community competitions (i.e. speedrunning, fan-run high score leaderboards, etc), disclose what "cheating" you are doing to the admins. Otherwise, the #1 goal is for you to have a good experience playing.

I'm checking something out! 🐝 Developers; are you ok with people "cheating" in your single player game for accessibility?

And you can now experience hand tracking for both Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator on Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest devices! x.com/OwlchemyLabs/s…

Incredible work by the team! Playing Job Simulator with hand tracking is hard to describe, but it gives me the same feeling I get listening to orchestral arrangements of classic game music: it's what you always imagined it was.

Finally I can say I have collected all of the #PepperGrinderGame skull coins! #60/200 @Ahr_Ech

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! It's only just getting started, but there have already been some great announces & events. The hashtag is VERY busy, but I'll be updating this cheatsheet of #gamedev things through the day: ian-hamilton.com/games-industry… #gaad #indiedev