New Thinking: From Pong to VR for Vets

Arts & Ideas

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4.2 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Project Fizzyo promotes better breathing in teenagers with cystic fibrosis by merging their daily physiotherapy exercise routine with a computer game. Emma Raywood, PHD student and Lead Investigator on Project Fizzyo explains how it works.

And vets are using a VR headset to help them oversee the health of cows in a project exploring the benefits of computer game technology for use in other working environments. Prof Ruth Falconer from Abertay University heads the SmARtview project. It’s a world away from 1972 when pong was developed by Allan Alcorn. New Generation Thinker Christopher Harding finds out more.

Project Fizzyo: https://scottishgames.net/2021/03/03/case-study-konglomerate-games/

SmARtview project: https://www.innovationforgames.com/ingame-projects/smartview/

Today’s conversation was a New Thinking episode of the Arts and Ideas podcast made in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research council which is part of UKRI.

Link to playlist New Research on the Free Thinking programme website on BBC Radio 3 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03zws90

Presenter: Christopher Harding Producer: Paula McFarlane

Transcript

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0:00.0	Can I just say?
0:01.5	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.
0:04.0	It's such a wonderful listen.
0:05.6	So nice.
0:06.5	There are loads more like it on BBC sounds.
0:08.8	Different paces, different heights.
0:10.6	The roof is buckling.
0:11.9	Where you can also listen to live sports commentary.
0:14.2	It's right foot goes for goal.
0:16.7	And then enjoy even more podcasts full of analysis and reaction to the big stories.
0:21.7	The stat that is astonishing is they ended with the lowest amount of possession.
0:25.2	And she's had to live with that.
0:26.8	So if you love sport, a passion, it's almost like a religion.
0:29.7	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:31.7	Sort of expecting that every week now.
0:34.6	Hello, I'm Chris Harding and welcome to the new thinking podcast, highlighting the latest
0:39.9	research and innovation from universities around the UK. Now, hold on tight. It's 1972. You're in a bar
0:48.4	and everyone is gathered around a tall yellow cabinet. They're peering into it, beer in hand, as the atmosphere, thick with
0:56.3	sweat and adrenaline, grows ever more tense. At last, the moment of climax arrives.
1:06.7	The crowd went wild, or so I like to think.
1:14.6	This was, after all, the birth of fully immersive video gaming.
1:18.6	You put in your coin, you passed your beer to someone else,
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