iSchool Capstone

PainlessVR

Project tags:

data science & visualization

software development

ux & interaction design

Project poster

PainlessVR is a research tool that allows researchers from medical, psychological and any other fields to test hypotheses about Virtual Reality without any development at all. The goal of the product is to improve future virtual reality pain management applications by removing the barriers to researching virtual reality. PainlessVR allows researchers to modify, and by extension study, variables regarding color, sound, context and cognitive load. Improving VR pain management would mean improving care for those who are unable to take traditional pain medication such as burn victims or recovering opioid addicts.

Project participants:

Ben Peterson

Informatics

Ben Schoeggl

Informatics

Zane Brant

Informatics