This project is the development of VR games targeted toward children with muscular dystrophy in the 8 to 12-year-old age range. They have a range of movement capabilities but all gameplay is to be seated and have periods of rest built-in. The goal is to encourage the children to participate in clinical recovery training through gameplay interactions instead of direct instructions.
This work has been presented at First Workshop on VR for Exergaming (VR4Exergame) in IEEE VR 2023.
Related publication: Al-Mfarej, Dalya, Jennifer M. Vojtech, Serge H. Roy, Elise Townsend, Julie J. Keysor, Nancy Kuntz, Vamshi Rao, Joshua C. Kline, and Bhawna Shiwani. “A Virtual Reality Exergame: Clinician-Guided Breathing and Relaxation for Children with Muscular Dystrophy.” In 2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), pp. 270-276. IEEE, 2023.