The NPN contribution to the Duke Project is now officially ended. I would like to thank all of those who contributed images, and Jim Deasy for his tireless work in putting the CD together and the many revisions he had to do. This is Jim's final report;
Duke Medical School wanted to pursue an experiment to find a way to reduce stress for cancer patients while they were undergoing Chemo Therapy. They were using Virtual Reality to project an image from PC to a device worn like a pair of glasses. It was important that the people who administer the treatment be able to see the patient's eyes.
NPN was contacted and we mobilized to provide some slide shows of natural images for use in this experiment. The first effort included 5 slide shows that were upwards of 25 minutes long, included images and music that was played from a PC to the VR device worn by the patient. After an initial test with these slide shows it was determined that it had to be more "interactive" for the patient. I spoke with the folks at Duke medical and they asked if we could produce video images for the test and I indicated that our organization was involved in still images. I offered to try and
make the slide shows more interactive for the patient and they welcomed the effort. I produced from the images donated a series of slide shows segmented roughly by the forum categories on NPN ( earth, sea & sky, avian, flora/macro, fauna, and man & nature). These slide shows were under 8 minutes and required multiple choices during a treatment that I was told would last about 70 minutes. I sent this down to Duke and they liked it better than the first effort, bit they were still looking for something that would be more interactive. They talked about getting something that would include
full motion video. At this point they were using the slide shows but it sounded like they were going to be moving to the use of video for the tests.
So there you have it. While we didn't succeed in producing a "final product" that proved 100% successful in use, we certainly did contribute to development of "diversion therapy." Thanks again to all of those who contributed!
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2 repliesDuke Medical School wanted to pursue an experiment to find a way to reduce stress for cancer patients while they were undergoing Chemo Therapy. They were using Virtual Reality to project an image from PC to a device worn like a pair of glasses. It was important that the people who administer the treatment be able to see the patient's eyes.
NPN was contacted and we mobilized to provide some slide shows of natural images for use in this experiment. The first effort included 5 slide shows that were upwards of 25 minutes long, included images and music that was played from a PC to the VR device worn by the patient. After an initial test with these slide shows it was determined that it had to be more "interactive" for the patient. I spoke with the folks at Duke medical and they asked if we could produce video images for the test and I indicated that our organization was involved in still images. I offered to try and
make the slide shows more interactive for the patient and they welcomed the effort. I produced from the images donated a series of slide shows segmented roughly by the forum categories on NPN ( earth, sea & sky, avian, flora/macro, fauna, and man & nature). These slide shows were under 8 minutes and required multiple choices during a treatment that I was told would last about 70 minutes. I sent this down to Duke and they liked it better than the first effort, bit they were still looking for something that would be more interactive. They talked about getting something that would include
full motion video. At this point they were using the slide shows but it sounded like they were going to be moving to the use of video for the tests.
So there you have it. While we didn't succeed in producing a "final product" that proved 100% successful in use, we certainly did contribute to development of "diversion therapy." Thanks again to all of those who contributed!
Nathan