VR-SIM Carers authoring platform (VR-CAP)

Funded by NRC and CIHR, VR-SIM Carers brings together an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, researchers, and carers of person with dementia (PWD) to develop a virtual reality reality-based simulation training platform (VRSTP) where dementia caregivers may safely practice different strategies and approaches to difficult caregiving scenarios without real-world consequences within an interactive 3D virtual world. Through stakeholder consultations, it is clear that many training scenarios are required to capture the diverse range of situations/scenarios caregivers encounter. Generally, VRSTPs have fixed scenarios that cannot be easily modified. There is a need for tools that would allow educators with limited programming knowledge, to create new or modify/customize existing scenarios. Building upon our prior work on authoring platforms for serious games, we propose to develop a graphical-based, “no-code” authoring platform. The user-friendly VR-SIM Carers authoring platform (VR-CAP) will provide educators with tools to easily build interactive 3D content including animated 3D characters.

Faculty Supervisor:

Bill Kapralos

Student:

Partner:

Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

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