ELECTRIC PUPPETS TEAMS WITH IWK FOR INNOVATIVE VIRTUAL REALITY VISION RESEARCH
Electric Puppets is providing enabling technology for a grant-funded research project at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax— January 2nd, 2020 — Electric Puppets Inc. is part of a research project aimed at determining if Virtual Reality (VR) based vision tests can be used to detect anomalies of binocular vision. Electric Puppets has re-created digital, 3D versions of a variety of clinical tests which have long been considered the gold standard for these types of assessments. Researchers at the IWK’s Pediatric Vision Science Research Group are now working to establish the accuracy and efficiency of the VR vs. clinical tests. “The Evrisia BV1 VR software is the key innovation being tested in this project. We are confident the quality of the re-created digital versions will provide an optimal environment to accurately determine if VR based tests are equivalent, or perhaps in some cases, superior to current, physical clinical tests we have been relying on for years. If so, it would truly be a game changer for us.” -Darren Oystreck, principal investigator for the study and Chair of the Clinical Vision Science program, Dalhousie University/IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. “We are very proud to be working with the IWK to determine how we can use VR to improve care for children in the eye clinic while potentially extending its reach and capabilities into our communities. It is our hope that our technology will help improve care for children in Atlantic Canada and eventually take what we learn here and apply it all over the world.” - Ryan Cameron CEO Electric Puppets Inc.
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