Lazy eye shooter: A novel game therapy for visual recovery in adult amblyopia

4th International IEEE Consumer Electronic Society - Games Innovation Conference, IGiC 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bayliss, Jessica D ^a   Vedamurthy, Indu ^b   Bavelier, Daphne ^b   Nahum, Mor ^c   Levi, Dennis ^c  

^a Rochester Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amblyopia treatment; game; game design; lazy eye; serious games; Unreal Tournament 2004; UT2004

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA TREATMENT; GAME; GAME DESIGN; LAZY EYE; SERIOUS GAMES; UNREAL TOURNAMENT; UT2004;

RECOVERY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84869448335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGIC.2012.6329836     Document Type: Conference Paper

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