The future of 3d gaming?

This is a pretty neat Wii remote setup, giving 3d Depth to games. Countless of applications…

(Source: http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/21/the-future-of-3d-gaming/)

Doctors Start to Use Nintendo’s Wii games for Rehab Therapy

Tore a tendon? Welcome to wiihabilitation. No, I’m not writing with a speech impediment. The awesome fact is that Nintendo’s Wii video game system is fast becoming a huge hit in rehab therapy for patients recovering from a wide range of conditions from strokes to combat injuries. Hardcore Wii fans now have added proof that the popular game console is in a league of it’s own.

Boring old stretches and lifting exercises that are the standard of physical therapy can be painfully repetitive and hard for patients to stick with. Patients half-seriously say they think PT (the acronym for physical therapy) really stands for “pain and torture,” admits James Osborn, who oversees rehabilitation services at Herrin Hospital in southern Illinois.

Nintendo Co. says they didn’t intend for the Wii to be used as a rehabilitation device. But the game console’s motion-sensitive controller, requires body movements similar to traditional therapy exercises. Osborn says patients become so engrossed mentally they’re almost oblivious to the physical pain and rigor.

“In the Wii system, because it’s kind of a game format, it does create this kind of inner competitiveness. Even though you may be boxing or playing tennis against some figure on the screen, it’s amazing how many of our patients want to beat their opponent,” said Osborn. “When people can refocus their attention from the tediousness of the physical task, oftentimes they do much better.”

Nintendo Co. representative Anka Dolecki said that while it’s not something they planned their popular games to be used for, “We are happy to see that people are finding added benefit in rehabilitation.”

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(Full Article: http://www.dailygalaxy.com)

Doctors Start to Use Nintendo’s Wii games for Rehab Therapy

Tore a tendon? Welcome to wiihabilitation. No, I’m not writing with a speech impediment. The awesome fact is that Nintendo’s Wii video game system is fast becoming a huge hit in rehab therapy for patients recovering from a wide range of conditions from strokes to combat injuries. Hardcore Wii fans now have added proof that the popular game console is in a league of it’s own.

Boring old stretches and lifting exercises that are the standard of physical therapy can be painfully repetitive and hard for patients to stick with. Patients half-seriously say they think PT (the acronym for physical therapy) really stands for “pain and torture,” admits James Osborn, who oversees rehabilitation services at Herrin Hospital in southern Illinois.

Nintendo Co. says they didn’t intend for the Wii to be used as a rehabilitation device. But the game console’s motion-sensitive controller, requires body movements similar to traditional therapy exercises. Osborn says patients become so engrossed mentally they’re almost oblivious to the physical pain and rigor.

“In the Wii system, because it’s kind of a game format, it does create this kind of inner competitiveness. Even though you may be boxing or playing tennis against some figure on the screen, it’s amazing how many of our patients want to beat their opponent,” said Osborn. “When people can refocus their attention from the tediousness of the physical task, oftentimes they do much better.”

Nintendo Co. representative Anka Dolecki said that while it’s not something they planned their popular games to be used for, “We are happy to see that people are finding added benefit in rehabilitation.”

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(Full Article: http://www.dailygalaxy.com)