"Unique Cancer Treatment Center alex's place Uses Kinect for Windows to Help Put Kids at Ease"

Today's inspirational video shows a unique and frankly heart rending and warming usage of the Kinect for Windows...

Unique Cancer Treatment Center alex's place Uses Kinect for Windows to Help Put Kids at Ease

A unique clinic for treating children with cancer and blood disorders, alex’s place is designed to be a warm, open, communal space. The center—which is located in Miami, Florida—helps put its patients at ease by engaging them with interactive screens that allow them to be transported into different environments—where they become a friendly teddy bear, frog, or robot and control their character’s movements in real time.

"As soon as they walk in, technology is embracing them," said Dr. Julio Barredo, chief of pediatric services at alex's place in The Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health Systems.

The clinic—which opened its doors in May 2012—was conceived of and designed with this in mind, and the Kinect for Windows digital experience was part of the vision from day one. Created by Snibbe Interactive, Character Mirror was designed to fit naturally within this innovative, unconventional treatment environment. The goal is to help reinforce patients' mind-body connection with engaging play and entertainment, as well as to potentially reduce their fear of technology and the treatments they face. As an added benefit, nurses can observe a child's natural range of movement during play and more easily draw out answers to key diagnostic questions.

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Project Information URL: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kinectforwindows/archive/2012/11/15/unique-cancer-treatment-center-uses-kinect-for-windows-to-help-put-kids-at-ease.aspx

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