ClaimsSatya Nadella

“We're partnering with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to bring the Xbox Adaptive Controller to veterans with limited mobility, connecting them to the games they love and the people they want to play with.”

Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, on X 30 April 2019 Post by @satyanadella on X, 2019-04-30 (X)

Factual Philosophy, ethics and society

Microsoft is partnering with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to bring the Xbox Adaptive Controller to veterans with limited mobility.

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What would count as true or false

Judge as of 2019-04-30. True: Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced, on or around that date, a partnership to provide Xbox Adaptive Controllers to veterans with limited mobility (for example through VA rehabilitation centres or hospitals). Mostly true: the partnership existed but with a small difference in detail, such as a pilot at a limited number of VA sites or slightly different timing. Mixed: Microsoft was providing controllers to veterans through a different organisation, with only informal VA involvement. Mostly false: the partnership was only proposed or rumoured. False: no Microsoft–VA partnership for this existed.

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Evidence (4)

  1. E1 VA and Microsoft partner to enhance care, rehabilitation and recreation for Veterans with limited mobility - VA News U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA News) · 30 April 2019

    “Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Microsoft Corp. announced a new collaboration to enhance opportunities for education, recreation and therapy for Veterans with mobility limitations by introducing the Xbox Adaptive Controller”

  2. E2 VA and Microsoft partner to enhance care, rehabilitation and recreation for Veterans with limited mobility - VA News U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA News) · 30 April 2019

    “Together, VA and Microsoft identified an opportunity to introduce or reintroduce gaming to Veterans with spinal cord injuries, amputations and neurological or other injuries at 22 VA medical centers across the United States.”

  3. E3 Microsoft will provide Xbox Adaptive Controllers for veteran therapy Windows Central · 30 April 2019

    “Today, Microsoft and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced a collaboration to provide the Xbox Adaptive Controller and other gaming services to rehabilitation centers across the country.”

  4. E4 Microsoft and VA bring Xbox Adaptive Controller to Veterans with Limited Mobility XBOX Wire · 30 April 2019 Own record

    “Microsoft is partnering with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide Xbox Adaptive Controller units to 22 initial VA rehab centers across the U.S.”

Reasoning

The VA's own press release dated 2019-04-30 says the VA and Microsoft announced a new collaboration to introduce the Xbox Adaptive Controller to veterans with mobility limitations, starting at 22 VA medical centers (E1, E2). Windows Central reported the same collaboration that day (E3), and Microsoft's Xbox Wire post matches it (E4). The claim does not mention how many sites were involved, so the initial rollout to 22 centers does not conflict with it. This meets the "true" criterion.

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Satya Nadella, “Microsoft is partnering with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to bring the Xbox Adaptive Controller to veterans with limited mobility.” (said 30 April 2019). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_1b5c0485255e, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_1b5c0485255e

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