The Xbox Adaptive Controller came into the gaming scene in 2018 after three years of conceptualization and development through Microsoft’s Inclusive Technologies Lab. Microsoft worked with ...

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Microsoft is releasing a new range of accessories aimed at making its products easier for disabled people to use. Back in 2018, Microsoft released a controller that served a similar purpose and made ...

A Microsoft executive reveals that the Xbox Adaptive Controller came close to being canceled before it was released. Back in 2018, Microsoft released a new custom controller that was designed to meet ...

Microsoft needs to lean into the inclusive, innovative spirit that made the original XAC a must-have accessory and wow us again with a second-gen XAC. The XAC’s most noteworthy feature is its ...

Microsoft has announced that its Adaptive Accessories, which include the Xbox Adaptive Controller, will be available starting October 25 as an effort to make accessibility features an integral part of ...

Microsoft’s Xbox Adaptive Controller almost didn’t make the cut into production, but it sounds like teams from across the company intervened to see that the project received its funding. In an ...

Xbox continues to impress with its accessibility accommodations for gamers with disabilities. Alongside some updates to the Xbox console lineup, Microsoft unveiled several new controllers on Wednesday ...

Since late 2018, the Microsoft Xbox Adaptive Controller (XAC) has been making PC gaming more accessible for gamers with disabilities and injuries. Now, thanks to the wit of one software engineer, XAC ...

Alex Cranz is a tech editor, her work has also appeared in Gizmodo, the WSJ, and Wired. For Ben Heck, it started as a kindness. He was an engineer who made cool things and a veteran reached out to see ...

In 2018, we saw Microsoft launch the Xbox Adaptive Controller, a long, flat controller that supports a wide variety of attachments and is primarily intended for gamers living with disabilities. Fast ...