Immersive technology.
Applied research.

From wheelchair training and stroke rehabilitation to science outreach and tools for writing research. Project pages retain their original descriptions and project periods.

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VS CodeLintingIntellisense

BibManager

A BibTeX extension for Visual Studio Code.

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VROutreachMobile

Brain Visualizer

An educational application for teaching children about the brain.

IMMERSIVE / TRAININGParaVR ↗

VRTraining

ParaVR

A virtual reality system for training paramedics.

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VRTrainingMobile

VCPR

A virtual reality system for practising CPR.

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VRRehabStroke

VIRTUE

A VR system for assisting in the cognitive recovery of patients impaired by a stroke.

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ARTraining

Wheelchair-MR

Mixed reality training undertaken in a real powered wheelchair.

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VRTraining

Wheelchair-VR

A virtual reality simulator for training powered wheelchair manoeuvres

Thesis

1. Virtual and Mixed Reality Support for Activities of Daily Living

   Thomas W. Day

   PhD thesis, University of Chester, 2019. Repository record · Full thesis (PDF)

Peer-reviewed journals

1. The Implementation and Validation of a Virtual Environment for Training Powered Wheelchair Manoeuvres

   Nigel W. John, Serban R. Pop, Thomas W. Day, Panagiotis D. Ritsos, Christopher J. Headleand

   IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2017) pp. 1867–1878. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017. DOI: 10.1109/tvcg.2017.2700273

2. ParaVR: a virtual reality training simulator for paramedic skills maintenance

   Nigel Rees, Neil Vaughan, Thomas W. Day, Keith Dorrington, Lloyd Rees, Nigel W. John

   Journal of Paramedic Practice 12(12) pp. 478–486, 2020. DOI: 10.12968/jpar.2020.12.12.478 · Open-access PDF

3. Immersive Virtual Reality for the Cognitive Rehabilitation of Stroke Survivors

   Kausik Chatterjee, Alastair Buchanan, Katy Cottrell, Sara Hughes, Thomas W. Day, Nigel W. John

   IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 30 pp. 719–728, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2022.3158731 · PubMed

Peer-reviewed conferences and workshops

1. Challenges and Technologies for Low Cost Wheelchair Simulation

   Christopher J Headleand, Thomas Day, Serban R Pop, Panagiotis D Ritsos, Nigel W John

   Visual Computing for Medicine and Biology, 2015

2. A Cost-Effective Virtual Environment for Simulating and Training Powered Wheelchairs Manoeuvres

   Christopher J Headleand, Thomas Day, Serban R Pop, Panagiotis D Ritsos, Nigel W John

   Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 22: NextMed/MMVR22 220 (2016) pp. 134–141. IOS Press, 2016. DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-625-5-134 · PubMed

3. Training Powered Wheelchair Manoeuvres in Virtual Reality

   Thomas W. Day

   Posture and Mobility Group Conference (2016). 2016

4. Recent Developments and Future Challenges in Medical Mixed Reality

   Long Chen, Thomas W Day, Wen Tang, Nigel W John

   2017 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), 2017. DOI: 10.1109/ismar.2017.29

5. Using Virtual Reality to Experience Different Powered Wheelchair Configurations

   Thomas W. Day, William H. Dobson, Christopher J. Headleand, Nigel W. John, Serban R. Pop

   2017 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW), 2017. DOI: 10.1109/cw.2017.33

6. Wheelchair-MR: A Mixed Reality Wheelchair Training Environment

   Thomas W. Day

   2017 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW), 2017. DOI: 10.1109/cw.2017.12

7. Virtual Reality Environment for the Cognitive Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients

   N. W. John, T. W. Day, S. R. Pop, K. Chatterjee, K. Cottrell, A. Buchanan, J. Roberts

   2019 11th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games), 2019. DOI: 10.1109/VS-Games.2019.8864513

8. Training Powered Wheelchair Manoeuvres in Mixed Reality

   T. W. Day, N. W. John

   2019 11th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games), 2019. DOI: 10.1109/VS-Games.2019.8864515