Sensory Arachne vs Visual LightPad

Arachne is an accessible early learning sensory resource, simple to use. The digital, colorful spiders spin there way around the screen, following your touch or pointer. This app could be a useful resource for therapists or special education teachers when working with their students. Arachne could also be a fun activity in a Sensory room as a touch responsive cause and effect app. Some users may dislike spiders, some will enjoy them. There are a range of colorful digital spiders that will either follow your touch or pointer, or run away from your touch. Button 1, Space bar, Keyboard 1, XBox A resets the position of the digital spider(s) Button 2, Keyboard 2, XBox B changes the number of digital spiders on screen Button 3, Enter Key, Keyboard 3, XBox X switches between following the touch or running away. Once the spiders run to the edge of the screen tap button 1 to reset them Button 4, Keyboard 4, XBox Y changes the colors of the digital spiders Keyboard 5, XBox View Button turns off/on the on screen buttons. Tap Left and Right Buttons, Keyboard +/-, XBox List/Menu Button change the style and speed of the effects.

Visual LightPad creates a bright illuminated surface for developing visual perceptual and visual motor skills in people with visual impairment. It's a cheaper alternative to expensive, dedicated hardware visual impairment light boxes. Think of it as a digital light box! Adjust Visual LightPad's brightness and color, then place semi transparent toys, numbers or letters on the iPad's screen. Where colors become difficult, open the color picker and change the background color to something that accentuates the toys. Where hardware light boxes can be associated with work, iPads tend to be associated with play. Visual LightPad helps develop awareness to color and light, but using objects also helps in the development of visual perceptual skills, hand eye coordination, and both visual scanning and tracking. Visual LightPad can also be used for; - Reading content printed onto acetate - Providing a reading backlight when paper documents are placed on top of it - Photo negative illumination - Sensory / mood lighting Visual LightPad is purposefully easy to use and relatively low on features. It supports presets for easy saving and recall of preferred settings. It is designed to run on iPad, but also runs on iPhone - meaning you can keep a small light box in your pocket at all times.