DDS Enterprise
Headquarters: P.O. Box 519
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33302
1-800-981-5119
Fax: (954) 462-4647
sales@dds-enterprise.com

    Access to the fascinating world of multimedia education and entertainment has been opened up to blind and visually impaired people, thanks to the development of a new computer device from VirTouch.
     VT Player creates an entirely new form of immersive experience for users. In the same way that 3D enables virtual reality, Dimension 3F, the technology developed by VirTouch, allows users to "step into" specially developed software applications via three sensory channels -- touch, motion and sound. The result is an unprecedented level of quality education and entertainment.
     Invented by a world-renowned psychologist and developed by a team of experts in assistive technology, VTPlayer looks deceptively like a simple computer mouse with some added buttons.
     In fact, it can be installed on almost any Windows-capable computer with plug-and-play ease. Novices can learn to use it as quickly as skilled PC users.
     The key to VTPlayer's capabilities is its embedded tactile display. This delivers the images, animation and text of supported software applications to the user's fingertips, along with accompanying sound effects built into the software.
     The display is made up of a pair of electronically controlled matrix units built into the VTPlayer's surface just where the fingers rest. Each 4X4 matrix holds 16 pin-like micro-pods that rise and fall dynamically, gently delivering a tactile sense of the screen to the user's fingertips.
     With applications focused on education and enertainment, VTPlayer addresses the needs of users with computer experience as well as those who are new to PCs.
     VTPlayer's growing software library includes interactive games for teaching Braille, talking tactile maps that educate students in geography and learning games that entertain while teaching valuable mental kills such as navigation, pre-mobility training and spatial orientation.
     And because it's also suitable for players with unimpaired vision, VTPlayer does more than simply provide fun for blind and visually impaired people.
     It creates social interaction opportunities within families and beyond. and that means more meaningful shared experiences for everyone.

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DDS Enterprise Headquarters: P.O. Box 519 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33302 1-800-981-5119 Fax: (954) 462-4647 sales@dds-enterprise.com