Through Other Eyes — James Liu

01 · Perspective

Build perception through sound and touch, not sight.

The experience limits visual information and asks players to build a mental model of the environment using spatial audio, controller vibration, a white cane, and tactile paving.

Hands become a way to read surfaces, while sound traces movement and reveals the space beyond the visible frame.

02 · Interaction

The world is revealed through contact.

Reveal-on-touch mechanics expose nearby geometry only when the player physically investigates it. Haptic feedback turns controller contact into a substitute for texture, while sound cues and assistance guide navigation across the levels.

Controller vibration communicates contact and proximity
Spatial audio establishes direction and movement
Limited vision makes accessibility mechanics foundational

Unreal Blueprint that pulses controller haptics after contact — Contact triggers a timed haptic pulse through the player controller.

Unreal Blueprint that reveals an object and reports its material sound — A touched object reports its location to audio and becomes locally visible.

03 · Intent

A city can exclude people through everyday design failures.

The game draws attention to tactile paving that is blocked, inconsistent, or poorly designed and to public systems that restrict guide dogs. By placing those failures inside the player's route, the experience turns abstract accessibility problems into obstacles that must be felt and navigated.