VR and NDD - IEEE Publication

Overview

The project developed during the AUI course at Politecnico di Milano during the year 2017-2018 was submitted and later accepted at the CHI 2018 Conference in Montréal, where the team presented the research and prototype to members of the conference.

Abstract

Wearable Virtual Reality (WVR) is thought to offer a powerful approach in the treatment of subjects with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD), e.g., to improve attention skills and autonomy. We propose to integrate WVR applications with wearable bio-sensors. The visualization of the information extracted from these devices, integrated with measures derived from interaction logs, would help therapists monitor the patient's state and attention levels during a WVR experience. The comparison of results along different sessions would facilitate the assessment of patients' improvements. This approach can be exploited to complement more traditional observation-based evaluation methods or clinical tests and can support evidence-based research on the effectiveness of Wearable VR for persons with NDD.

Authors

Franca Garzotto - Nicolò Messina - Vito Matarazzo - Riccardo Facchini - Lukasz Moskwa - Gianluigi Oliva

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