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VR4eVR (Virtual Reality for enhanced Visual Rehabilitation) project awarded by NWO
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Visual rehabilitation for hemianopia, which may be necessary after a stroke, can take a long time. Wouldn’t it be very useful if one could do this in the comfort of one’s own home? The answer is obviously ‘yes’, but how to do this effectively is not yet clear.
VR4eVR virtual reality headset

The new research project “Virtual Reality for enhanced Visual Rehabilitation” (VR4eVR: say ‘VR forever’) aims at finding out how virtual reality may help with this. It was recently awarded a grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The project will be a collaboration between the UMCG, Royal Visio, the RUG, the UU, the UT and a large number of additional collaborators. Besides NWO, also the Visio Foundation contributes substantially towards this project. A total of four PhD students and two postdocs will eventually be appointed on this project.