video game therapeutics

Microsoft's adaptive video game tools will support VA rehabilitation therapies

By Dave Muoio 11:34 am April 30, 2019

Thanks to a new partnership between Microsoft and the US Department of Veterans Affairs, military personnel with mobility and manual dexterity limitations will have a new way to participate in video game-based rehabilitation therapies. According to a blog post published this morning, Microsoft will be donating its Xbox Adaptive Controller — a modular hub that connects third-party switches,...

Akili, University of California's new licensing agreement marries physical activity with digital cognitive dysfunction therapy

By Dave Muoio 12:11 pm September 12, 2018

Digital therapeutics maker Akili Interactive Labs today announced a deal with the University of California’s governing board concerning exclusive licensing of a new technology that will combine the company’s focus on neural systems with physical activity. Developed at the Neuroscape Lab at UCSF, the tech follows in the footsteps of Akili’s other efforts in that it is primarily delivered through a...