Virtualware has signed a distribution agreement for VirtualRehab with Nihon Binary, a leading technology company in Japan. Established in 1979, Nihon Binary supplies advanced imaging and graphics peripheral devices and software to meet customer needs in the academic, research, medical imaging and industrial market. VirtualRehab has already been translated into Japanese and will be formally launched by Nihon Binary in Japan at the “51st Annual Meeting of The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine” which is being celebrated between the 5th and the 7th of June in Nagoya....
We are going to publish a new version of VirtualRehab, Version 2.2. VirtualRehab based on our clients´ and their patients’ experiences. It’s another example of how here at Virtualware we take your suggestions and comments very seriously. We’re working hard to create a tool which helps both physiotherapists as well as patients to improve the quality of their lives. In this latest update there are notable improvements and corrections of minor errors in both the Manager and the Games....
Madrid, the 5th of May 2014. – ORPEA, European leader in the field of caring for the elderly, has recently introduced a new virtual rehabilitation system in their centres in Madrid, Spain. The platform developed by Virtualware and supported by the Spanish Society of Neurology, is based on the motion capture videogame technology of Microsoft Kinect. Thanks to VirtualRehab, the user can interact with the game in a 3D environment where they do different exercises with their upper or lower body....
The European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMSP) is celebrating its Spring Conference in Dublin between the 8th and 9th of May with the theme “Care where it counts- as a journey with MS”, coinciding with the organization’s 25th anniversary. The first conference sponsored by RIMS (Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis), the European network on research and best practices will focus on rehabilitation, on the needs of carers and on young people with MS....
The Spanish magazine Interviu recently reported on the use of videogames for therapeutic purposes. The use of VirtualRehab to help treat patients with Multiple Sclerosis was highlighted as a successful example of this type of therapy. The article includes interviews with both patients and therapists using VirtualRehab. To see the full article in Spanish,click on the link below. Here is the translated excerpt: Videogames for ailments Patients with chronic diseases, brain injury and disorders begin to benefit from Virtual Reality....
El Teatro Félix Petite (Centro Cívico Ibaiondo) de la capital alavesa acogió el acto de entrega de los X Premios Solidarios ONCE Euskadi, que anualmente se otorgan a aquellas personas físicas, empresas, instituciones o medios de comunicación que realizan una labor solidaria en su entorno de influencia, procurando la inclusión social de todos los ciudadanos, la normalización y la autonomía personal, la accesibilidad universal, la vida independiente, y que sean coincidentes con los valores esenciales de la Cultura Institucional de la ONCE y su Fundación, y la filosofía que impregna la Economía Social y los objetivos del Tercer Sector....
The study results are being presented at the 8th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation in Istanbul. VirtualRehab is a product for the physical rehabilitation of patients with neurological diseases and disorders based on Virtual Reality technology. The study was developed by the Basque Foundation of Multiple Sclerosis and the Neurorehabilitation Department of the University of Navarra Clinic. The 8th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation will take place between the 8th to the 12th of April in Istanbul, Turkey, coinciding with the 4th National Congress of Turkish Society of Physical Medicine....
The 10th edition of the ONCE Basque Solidarity Awards was recently celebrated in Bilbao, Spain. The ONCE Basque Awards were created with the aim to promote, distinguish and award the efforts of the organizations and individuals continuously collaborating in different fields such as: disability prevention, rehabilitation and integration, universal accessibility (in all sectors: architecture, urban planning, technology, education…) and the integration of disabled people in the labour market and society ....
Virtualware and ASBEM, the Association of Multiple Sclerosis in Burgos, Spain have unveiled in the town of Miranda de Ebro an engaging new virtual rehabilitation service. ASBEM joins a group of Rehabilitation and Treatment centres around the world using Virtual Rehab, which combines motion capture and videogame technology for the rehabilitation of patients with degenerative, physical and cognitive diseases. This innovative product was developed by Virtualware, a leader in the serious games and simulation industries, together with neurology and rehabilitation specialists....
The 10th edition of the ONCE Basque Solidarity Awards was recently celebrated in Bilbao, Spain. The ONCE Basque Awards were created with the aim to promote, distinguish and award the efforts of the organizations and individuals continuously collaborating in different fields such as: disability prevention, rehabilitation and integration, universal accessibility (in all sectors: architecture, urban planning, technology, education…) and the integration of disabled people in the labour market and society ....