Sounds odd but at the University of Central Florida (UCF Media Convergence Lab) are working with California based Virtual Reality Medical Center to create a Flying Insect World to assist stroke patients in expanding their range of movement. The program will track the patient’s progress throughout the system.
The system is a fully functional virtual game that will require patients to put on goggles while sitting at a table. A few bugs would fly around nearby. The patients’ mission is to smash all of the virtual insects. Each time they succeed, they would earn a point. As patients improve their range of motion, more bugs would appear at greater distances, forcing patients to work harder and increase their range of motion.