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Like Rutger Hauer at the end of Blade Runner , veteran games journalist John Warren has watched gimmicky, would-be cutting-edge accessibility products fail in ways you wouldn’t believe. Across more than 15 years covering the industry, and as a lifelong wheelchair user whose north star is adaptive ease of use, he’s watched a parade of promising ideas fall short of their potential. Their concepts were there, but the X-factor wasn’t.

Then Glydr , a $299 foot-based controller, entered the picture. In Warren’s view, the concept was so outside the box compared with what Sony, Microsoft, and other major manufacturers had offered in terms of accessibility.…