On the face of it, Sea Hero Quest VR might look just like any other run-of-the-mill VR offering, but this game - which we first told you about in 2017 - was developed to help identify players with early symptoms of dementia - often much earlier than current medical screening. And it's working.
According to a recent article published in the journal PNAS (thanks, Kotaku), Sea Hero Quest VR - developed by Glitchers in partnership with Deutsche Telekom and a number of universities across Europe - was designed in collaboration with leading neuroscientists to generate scientifically-credible data to further our understanding of dementia in an "engaging and fun experience".
Incredibly, the report states that two minutes spent playing this game is the equivalent of five hours of lab-based research - and the developers of the game purport the equivalent of 15,000 years of similar lab-based research has already been generated by the game.
from Eurogamer.net http://bit.ly/2ZIRklU
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