project
Parkinson’s Therapeutic Game with the Microsoft Kinect (Phase 2)
Codename: Project Theia
Final Documentation
Download(PDF)Client: Dr. Ann Smiley-Oyen
Team: May 13-04
Synopsis
Develop an in clinic software that allows patients to track and manage their therapy using the Microsoft Kinect to help guide their movements. (We will focus on parkinson’s initially but will design the software to allow other exercises to be “plugged in”.)
Project Overview and Product Description
The goal of this project is to design a software solution that allows therapists, researchers, doctors and caregivers to track patients therapeutic exercises by using the Microsoft Kinect for Windows. Using the Kinect we will turn the therapeutic exercises into games that encourage the patient through their exercises. We will focus on a game for Parkinson's disease with the desire to be able to plug in games for other therapies/illness in the future.
We will not only add to the Exsolvo (Phase 1) of this project but to re-imagine how this project will be use by patients leading to a commercially useable product.
Exsolvo reference links:
The Kinect will encourage the patient as they play their therapeutic game, tracking how the patient moves and share that information with their caregiver. The physician can set a weekly schedule to help patient keep on track with their therapy.
Initially we will focus just on Parkinsons diseases for now, but the software will be designed in a manner to allow other therapeutic games for other therapies to be added (think of these games like apps we all download to our mobile devices).
updates
Keep up with Project Theia by viewing weekly reports or the shared team calendar.
Weekly Reports
2013
Week of:
- April 08, 2013
- April 01, 2013
- March 25, 2013
- March 18, 2013
- March 11, 2013
- March 4, 2013
- February 24, 2013
- February 17, 2013
- February 10, 2013
- February 3, 2013
- January 27, 2013
- January 21, 2013
- January 14, 2013
- Winter Break
2012
Week of:
- August 27, 2012
- September 03, 2012
- September 10, 2012
- September 17, 2012
- October 1, 2012 and October 8, 2012
- October 16, 2012
- October 22, 2012
- October 29, 2012
- November 05, 2012
- November 12, 2012
- November 19, 2012
- November 26, 2012
team
Director
Joseph Groenenboom
Data Analyst
Human Resources
Brian Kraus
Game Design
