New simulator integrates technologies for interdisciplinary research,
  rehabilitation 
From: USF Health - 07/11/2014
By: Anne DeLotto Baier

USF recently acquired the CAREN virtual reality system, a powerful tool that
helps people with disabilities increase their independence and reintegrate
into the community

When you see the Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment system (CAREN)
in action, the room-sized simulator resembles a giant video game, complete
with avatars. Scenes projected on its 180-degree screen range from walking
through a forest to driving past cityscapes to riding on a wave-tossed boat.

The system’s three-dimensional virtual reality immersive environment and
interactive gaming elements safely challenge people to learn new strategies
for coping with changes in their balance, coordination or mobility caused by
disability, traumatic injury, or aging. The advanced technology also gives
researchers the scientific tools they need to advance the diagnosis and
treatment of musculoskeletal and neurological disorders.

Read the entire article and view videos (1:44 and 2:29) at:
http://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/blog/2014/07/11/new-simulator-integrates-technologies-for-interdisciplinary-research-rehabilitation/

Links:
Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment system (CAREN)
http://www.motekmedical.com/products/caren/

USF Center for Assistive, Rehabilitation & Robotics Technology
http://carrt.eng.usf.edu/