'Serious Games' Use Virtual Reality for a Wide Array of Treatments
From: Medical Design Technology - 01/22/2015

Researchers and practitioners in the burgeoning area of 'serious games' are
using video game-based technologies such as virtual reality - more widely
associated with entertainment - in order to make breakthroughs in many
aspects of healthcare and education. A leader in the field is the University
of Huddersfield's Professor Minhua Ma, co-editor of a substantial new book on
the subject and the chair of an international conference that will bring
together experts from around the world.

A computer scientist by training, Professor Ma was introduced to serious
games during doctoral study that led to her developing virtual reality games
to help with the rehabilitation of stroke victims. She has published a large
number of articles and books, the latest being the edited volume Virtual,
Augmented Reality and Serious Games for Healthcare 1. It has contributions
from almost 100 global experts and is aimed at healthcare professionals,
scientists, researchers and students.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/01/serious-games-use-virtual-reality-wide-array-treatments

Links:
Minhua Ma
http://www.gsa.ac.uk/research/our-expertise/supervisors-plus-students/primary-supervisors/m/ma-minhua-eunice/

Virtual, Augmented Reality and Serious Games for Healthcare 1
http://www.springer.com/engineering/computational+intelligence+and+complexity/book/978-3-642-54815-4