Design and implementation of a cognitive ability virtual reality training tool

Visualization and Interaction Technologies in Serious and Exergames for Cognitive Assessment and Training: A Survey on Available Solutions and Their Validation

“…Immersive HMDs [6], [14], [17], [20], [27], [29], [35], [42], [46], [47], [52], [174] Touchful devices comprise the widely diffused tools for gaming (N=181) and physiotherapic devices (N=17), e.g. treadmills, cycle-ergometers and pressure sensitive plates, which are particularly suitable for rehabilitation programs aimed at improving motor skills in subjects with age-related disorders [15], [50], [88], [94], [111], [146]- [149], [203], [208], major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD) [23], stroke [115], [151] and multiple sclerosis (MS) [22] patients.…”

“…As participants could suffer from visual and hearing problems or have troubles with atten- tion, visual scenes have to be as simple as possible and search space should be reduced. During gameplay, simple and immediate data as a countdown timer, the number of remained chances to guess an answer, the current score or achieved goals are often shown to incentive the subject to answer as quickly and accurately as possible [3], [14], [17], [19], [20], [22], [24], [26], [28]- [31], [33], [38]- [41], [44], [49], [50], [52], [53], [71], [72], [79], [83], [96], [97], [99], [100], [106], [109], [115], [120], [124], [125], [130]- [132], [137], [138], [142], [150], [161], [164], [179], [191], [209], [211], [212], [231],…”

“…Immediate feedback after actions can also be useful, as it could help the users knowing when they succeeded or failed and why, recognizing their errors, recovering strategies, reducing their frustration and increasing their motivation. To this purpose, multimodal feedback are often provided, through congratulation messages, hints or events, like objects disappearing if correctly selected or sounds of clapping hands to highlight the correctness of a given answer [4]- [6], [13], [20], [41], [43], [50], [57], [59], [106], [112], [125], [133], [162], [208], [210]- [212]. Finally, since the benefits of cognitive training might only be noticed in the long term, healthy competition is greatly appreciated as it can positively affect patients psychological well-being and promote social networking.…”

“…Controller, joystick or gamepad [6], [14], [15], [17], [20], [35], [42], [50], [52], [54]- [56], [62], [65], [70], [79],…”

“…Body tracking [173] VR Immersive HMD Controller/joystick/gamepad [14], [17], [20], [27], [35], [42], [177], [179], [180], [183], [185]- [189], [193]- [195], [201], [205], [207], [209], [210], [215] Mouse/keyboard [174], [175], [178], [184], [212] Hand gesture [29], [46], [176], [191], [211] Body tracking [181], [182], [196], [197], [204] Voice [47], [216] Custom device [199] EEG [214] Eye Tracking [213] Cycle-ergometer and controller [203], [208]…”