EXCLUSIVE: The impacts of augmented and virtual reality on assistive technology development
Kyle Morrand, CEO and Founder of 302 Interactive Kyle Morrand, CEO and Founder of 302 Interactive, outlines four use cases of how extended reality is…
Video: Virtual reality wetroom experience helps OTs to view adaptations more effectively
Accessible bathroom specialist Impey has created an immersive virtual reality (VR) experience to showcase its wetroom adaptations to occupational therapists (OTs), which allows them to…
Charity raises awareness of “life-changing” assistive tech for children in hospices
Assistive technology charity Lifelites moves Freemasons from across the country to help bring the outside world in for life-limited children in their area. The charity…
£13,250 donation to Lifelites helps disabled children play thanks to inclusive gaming equipment
London-based games development studio Future Games of London donated £13,250 to the charity Lifelites, which donates assistive technology to give life-limited and disabled children using…
£35,000 donation helps charity donate life-changing adaptive tech to disabled children
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire is a long-standing supporter of the charity Lifelites and has donated £35,000 over the past few years to support…
Assistive tech helps keep care home residents connected and engaged during lockdown
A new Clevertouch interactive display unit and some virtual reality (VR) headsets have allowed residents at the Leonard Cheshire Hill House care home in Sandbach,…
Innovative rehab tech shown to maximise opportunities for functional recovery in SCI patients
Curtin University, which is based in Australia, has been trialling the use of interactive, home-based virtual reality (VR) simulation to improve upper limb function in…
Innovative tech could help stroke survivors better engage with rehab at home, study suggests
Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have been putting virtual reality rehabilitation for stroke survivors to the test. They have created a new…
2020 could see Welsh VR prescribed on the NHS for patient rehabilitation
Patients in Wales could soon see virtual reality become an everyday part of their medical treatment plans, due to “ground-breaking” research and development by Welsh…
VR could help patients better complete physiotherapy exercises at home, new study shows
Credit: WMG, University of Warwick Researchers at WMG, University of Warwick, have combined virtual reality (VR) technology with 3D motion capture to help physiotherapy patients…