What better way to cap off Disability Pride Month than a glimpse of the unseen work behind building XR for everyone: ow.ly/u6Ce50ZryIn

If you want full time or freelance work in game accessibility you need to be obvious. People looking for future hires, either full time or freelance are always keeping aware of names, skillsets, expertise to fill gaps in their knowledge. You have to be present or you'll miss out on opportunities.

OMG Please also vote for Liana if you want to support us nominees ! She's such an amazing and deserving person that I am truly lucky to work with and learn from 💜

Liana Ruppert@dirtyeffinhippy.lianaruppert.com · 4mo ago

Resharing only because it's the last day of voting. Haven't really shared much because tbh many better candidates deserve the W more than me. I WILL SAY, though, that you should def vote for my girl @jc-3d.bsky.social who is up nominee for Impact Through Education! WELL DESERVED!

A few weeks ago we shared this news from @owlchemylabs.com, about new accessibility features in Dimensional Double Shift. Now they've released gameplay trailers, including this one with audio description! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWHx...

Dimensional Double Shift: Sporelando - Gameplay Trailer (Audio Description)

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Can I Play That?@caniplaythat.com · 5mo ago

Update 1.9 adds Snap Turn to the accessibility options in @owlchemylabs.com's VR game Dimensional Double Shift. Snap Turn allows players to turn around on the spot without moving. It's always available from the menu, and can be set to be visible in the HUD. caniplaythat.com/2026/03/06/d...

We talked with Andrew Eiche of Job Simulator's Owlchemy Labs at GDC about how the company stays relevant in an ever-changing VR landscape. Details here: www.uploadvr.com/job-simulato...

Andrew is the best!

UploadVR@uploadvr.com · 4mo ago

We talked with Andrew Eiche of Job Simulator's Owlchemy Labs at GDC about how the company stays relevant in an ever-changing VR landscape. Details here: www.uploadvr.com/job-simulato...

Some of the Accessibility All-Stars at #GDC, plus some guy who’s lucky to be there. 😊 @jc-3d.bsky.social @risukora.bsky.social @kaitlynjones.bsky.social @cariwatterton.bsky.social @jessicaroache.bsky.social @jennissary.bsky.social

Hii #GDC2016! Claire Rice @kadorice.bsky.social and I from @owlchemylabs.com will be roaming the expo floor today with our vegan coffees and tea. We'd love for you to say hi!! Especially if you like UX, XR, Accessibility, and cute sparkly things!!

Such a beautiful day at #GDC2026! If I'm not in a session, I'll be out in the garden. Please say "Hi!" if you see me. I'm wearing green pants and a pink sweater. I'd love to talk about games, XR, and video game accessibility!

Yay XR Accessibility! So proud of our new Snap Turn feature. It was developed when snap turn was exactly what I needed. I had surgery, resulting in frequent down time, and this feature allowed me to playtest from bed without needing to turn my body. Owning this project made it much more meaningful.

Owlchemy Labs@owlchemylabs.com · 5mo ago

New Accessibility Feature! With our NEW Snap Turn feature enabled you can pivot your perspective with a simple button pinch giving you the power to rotate the world, not yourself. But wait, there’s more: ow.ly/PwE350YpIwS

Just another Tuesday at @owlchemylabs.com

Gamedev pro tip: sometimes you just need to add a butthole (Alex said I could post this... unredacted)

I'm nominated for an Impact Through Education award @thegamehers.bsky.social! My commitment to making XR for Everyone, empowered by @owlchemylabs.com, surfaces through projects, blogs, and talks that show others how we make XR more accessible to people with disabilities. Creating impact is my goal 🧵

This article contains really good insights on designing for hand tracking and accessibility! It features some of my coworkers, including Emma Atkinson, Marc Huet, and @gaalexxy.bsky.social. They're super cool so check it out if you like XR 🙌🏼

Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Deep Dive: Rethinking VR interaction design through hand tracking in Dimensional Double Shift

So happy I get to work with these talented devs!

Owlchemy Labs@owlchemylabs.com · last yr.

Happy #NationalInternDay to Owlchemy's Summer 2025 Interns, June, Joseph, and Patricio. Instead of learning the ropes, we gave them the rope and let them create their very own one-of-a-kind project. Meet our 2025 Interns and learn about their projects here: owlchemylabs.com/blog/owlchem...

Day 2 of the XR Access Symposium! @peterjgalbraith.com and I are here to learn about the latest research in XR accessibility to bring back to our team, @owlchemylabs.com, and to chat about games accessibility with fellow attendees! Please say hi if you see or hear us 😊 #XRAccess2025

XR Access Symposium is today and attendees include such an amazing mix of people: researchers, advocates, and developers! The amount of knowledge being shared is truly invaluable. I love this event! #XRAccess2025

Are there examples of games or apps in VR with captions for non-speech sounds, such as "BOOM" for an explosion or "SNAP" when a character snaps? Non-VR games with captions would be great to see as well. #A11Y #XR #gamedev

This is something really awesome that folks may have not noticed. Owlchemy is an 80 person company. These women are all Owls, all in technical roles, hosting a panel at PAX in 2025! We have 33 women working at Owlchemy at all levels in all roles - from COO to JR and Programmer to Art Director.

Jazmin Cano / JC_3D 🔜 GDC@jc-3d.bsky.social · last yr.

We're here setting up for the panel!! So excited for this panel to start soon

Infinite shoutouts to the ladies at @owlchemylabs.com who ran the Women Supporting Women in Gaming panel at #PAXEast — you were all amazing! 😁🔥 Double shoutouts to Valencia, who I got to chat with at the booth! She sent me off with so much advice and great resources for pursuing narrative design 🥰✨️

We're here setting up for the panel!! So excited for this panel to start soon

Owlchemy Labs@owlchemylabs.com · last yr.

Curious about a career in games? 📅Sat, May 11 | ⏰12:30PM | 🗺️Arachnid Theater The WISE ERG at Owlchemy Labs is hosting a panel for women looking to break into the industry. Learn from their journeys & get actionable advice! #WomenInGames #GamingCareers #PAXEast

Headed to Boston for #PAXEast! I heard a bunch of conversations about video games as I walked through the airplane and I'm even more hyped for PAX than I was before! It's my first time attending it 😁 Can't wait!

Wore my pink Barbie Cowgirl getup to celebrate the launch of Hexas today! Super excited for y'all to see this new dimension! 🐄

Owlchemy Labs@owlchemylabs.com · last yr.

Saddle up, Pardners, Conglomni Corp has opened HEXAS, the newest Dimension in Dimensional Double Shift! Travel ain't free though! There's a Room Browser, new gameplay, new rewards, and it's only $4.99! PLUS if one of your buds owns it, you can all play! www.meta.com/experiences/...

Arcades at airports. Was that ever a thing? I wish there was one where I'm at. I'd be there before all my flights!

Content Creators, Do you regularly create content with your friends? Do you like games like Overcooked or Chained Together? Are you at least interested in VR games, if not already playing them? Then I want to hear from you. I'm cooking some things up this year, and I want to connect with y'all!

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Another VR design insight. Embodiment! Your players want to be themselves role playing as someone in your world. They don’t want to be a “named character”. Don’t do a “voice in head” instead the world should react to how they choose to play. Even if it’s not the “golden path”.

I'm super excited for this talk happening today at 11:30AM! Daniel and Michael are fantastic and their talk will be fantastic as well 👂🏼✨

Owlchemy Labs@owlchemylabs.com · last yr.

The Owlchemy Labs at #GDC Adventure continues! Join Daniel Perry and Michael Kim for a special look at Audio in Dimensional Double Shift, with their postmortem talk, tomorrow. Join them at 11:30am PT in room 3018 of the West Hall.

Are you at #GDC this week? Then don't miss out on some stellar talks from our Owls. Starting tomorrow our CEOwl, @buddingmonkey.bsky.social, is discussing Dimensional Double Shift in a postmortem, followed immediately by accessibility insights in XR with our own, Jazmin Cano (@jc-3d.bsky.social).

OMG I'm excited to be speaking again this year at #GDC2025! I'll be talking about VR accessibility in Dimensional Double Shift by @owlchemylabs.com alongside @co16y.bsky.social talking about accessibility in Walkabout Minigolf! Please join us on Tuesday, March 18 at 10:50 AM. Room 2002 in West Hall

Today was Long Covid Awareness Day. Main thing I want to say is I do think training us to abandon each other to permanent disability helped pave the path to fascism we’re now speeding down. Popping on a mask at the grocery store won’t cure all, but it’s one way to interrupt the eugenicist project.