Xbox And Game Glove Help Stroke Victims

By Shane | August 31, 2006

Remember the Virtual Reality fad years back? Sure you do – the big-ass goggle helmet that made other people wonder just what the heck you were doing. Well a team from Rutgers State University of New Jersey sounds like they’ve got a pretty good use for VR and an Xbox combined to assist stroke victims through a low-cost hand rehabilitation system. The system works via some software and Essential Reality’s P5 gaming glove which detects finger and wrist motions to alter on-screen images. So think of a therapeutic Nintendo Power Glove for people with ailments.

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