Very early iteration from back in 2019. https://youtu.be/RG2JmztWGhY

Sadly I am unable to show newer things due to patient confidentiality and some other things. But it gives an idea of the graphics level and scenery at least.

That's very interesting. I am not aware of this, but - one of the things we wanted to "modernize" was mirror training with boxes for mobility/eye-hand- coordination.

Sounds like something worth exploring.

Getting into contact with interest groups, find a problem that you want to solve and start working on a solution for it.

I was inspired by my friend who had a stroke, and that lead me to contact with the largest interest group in Norway - which in turn applied with me to a Foundation that offers funding to medical projects.

ETH? :)

Game design is somewhat difficult to get into - Less than 2-3% of games industry jobs are in this category.

"There are many ways to Rome" but, if I started anew, I would do something like this:

Build your portfolio, attend game jams, create your games - build systems that people notice, solve problems that people haven't found good solutions to. Specialize in a field (accessibility? :)). Building an understanding of other disciplines and tying them together.

Game development is rather hard and involves a lot of risk. I think that it is very important to have fun while working in the industry. If you stop having fun, that can be scary.

I would try going directly to interest orgs that focuses on this and talk to them. They probably know where to look, or whom to contact.

If funding was found - creating a more universal rehab platform would be awesome. These things are incredibly costly though. Millions.

But I think it is possible, and beneficial to mankind. Not least because of the option to bring it with you home after rehab - instead of being stuck doing nothing - you can keep on progressing.

I feel pretty confident in that it could be used in training relation skills. I don't see it much different than roleplaying in that sense.

I also think that VR experiences can be bonding experiences for people that are lonely - either through shared simultaneous experience, but also as a topic of conversations (i.e., home for elderly)

Will keep that in mind, feel free to add me on LinkedIn as well: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ezha/

We are currently working on a slightly different project that focuses on energy and efficiency, benchmarking. But nothing is set in stone. :)

Hah.

We've used a mixture of Blueprint and C++, now we mainly use C++ in our new projects.

It can be, it is more on the hospital side than the software side though. But I am sure software can be used to help!

I do not have that much time to play, but World of Tanks. Looking forward to Baldurs Gate 3 :)

Thank you for being here <3

It is only available in Norway currently. We are looking to sell the project for further development and internationalization now. But hopefully that can happen :)

I think so. Some of the severely afflicted patients were the ones that gave us the highest praise. Every patient is unique - so testing it is the only real way of telling though.

It isn’t much different from software like Beat Saber and similar when it comes to requirements. However, we’ve gone through conformity assessments in a ROS analysis to make sure patient data is sufficiently protected.

If the software was to be developed further it would be sensible to start extended clinical trials.

Outcomes are very hard to quantify without extensive trials, however we know that exercise and rehab is important for these groups as well.

It is outside my field but I do know research is being done on similar things. I think visual and audio stimulation can be powerful tools in combination with traditional therapeutic methods. It is important to note that we aim to supplement and not replace anyone.

We largely developed our own methods based on feedback from hospital and user feedback. I have touched on some of the specifics on how we solve several challenges in some of the questions as well. :)

Thanks for being here! <3

I am afraid I am not qualified to answer that. I would try to ask your specialist about treatments and alternative anaesthesia if you feel that the current ones might be detrimental.

I am sorry to hear of your woes - and hope that you find something that works better for you. Stay strong friend. <3

Close, Notodding :)

That's an awesome combo. I think getting into the industry as "just" an audio designer can be difficult these days - but with background in neuroscience and pharmaceutical research you will have an advantage.

I would reach out to research clusters and ask if they know someone working on gamification/audio in research and development and try to build something from there.

Other than that, portfolio is always important in the games industry. Implementation skills are also very important.

We've had a few patients with CFS/ME like symptoms, but it is hard to quantify results like this without extensive research programs and clinical trials.

Based on the feedback we can say they enjoyed the games though.

We've remote a lot due to Covid. But we are not hiring atm. Sorry :)