Ubisoft creates video game to treat 'lazy eye' ........................
Ubisoft creates video game to treat 'lazy eye'
Posted on 3/3/2015 9:38:00 PM by Andrew Brennan
Videogame developer Ubisoft is known for spinning tales of action and adventure in games like Assassins Creed, but now its Montreal branch has co-developed new software with medical benefits to overcome "lazy eye".
"Some gameplay ingredients are targeted to one eye, and some other ingredients are targeted to the other eye, so the only way to play the game for the patient is to use both eyes otherwise it's just impossible to progress," Ubisoft Senior Producer Mathieu Ferland told CJAD 800 in an interview on the Aaron Rand Show.
"We're training the brain to recondition and to recover binocular vision," he added.
The game, Dig Rush, is made for a tablet and sees players using a 3D goggle display to manage a team of digging moles seeking to uncover hidden treasures.
Amblyopia, also known as “lazy eye” is a disorder causing the brain to favour one eye affecting three per cent of children worldwide, according to research by McGill University, which partnered with Ubisoft and medical researcher Amblyotech Inc. to develop the game.
If unsuccessfully treated, amblyopia can lead to visual impairment in the weak eye and potentially blindness among adults, according to the National Eye Institute.
Amblyotech Inc. will be seeking clearing from the US Food and Drug Administration to market the game as a therapy in the United States, according to a press release, though there is no mention of plans to bring the game to the country where it was made: Canada.
http://www.cjad.com/cjad-news/2015/03/03/ubisoft-creates-video-game-to-treat-lazy-eye
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