Abstract
We present a 3D virtual system for children’s fine motor rehabilitation, it is created three environments with the software Unity. These environments generate playful and entertaining backgrounds; several tests for the system operation are performed which include working with children with ages of 5 to 14 years. The results allow to determine the fine motor movements, in addition it is determined that the trajectories made by children’s fingers when performing the games are suitable for fine motor rehabilitation. Finally, the usability test SEQ is also performed, which give us results of (56.4 ± 0.37), this shows the user’s acceptation of the system.
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We thank the “Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE” for financing the investigation project number 2016-PIC-0017.
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Pruna, E., Tigse, J., Chuquitarco, A., Escobar, I., Pilatásig, M., Galarza, E.D. (2018). Immersive Virtual System Based on Games for Children’s Fine Motor Rehabilitation. In: De Paolis, L., Bourdot, P. (eds) Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics. AVR 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10851. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95282-6_3
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