{"id":1543,"date":"2019-09-22T15:07:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T15:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2019-09-22T15:07:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T15:07:19","slug":"can-virtual-reality-gaming-help-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2019\/09\/22\/can-virtual-reality-gaming-help-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Virtual Reality Gaming Help Autism?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Yair Ariel, <em>EyeClick<\/em>, 4 April 2017                                          <a href=\"https:\/\/joinbeam.com\/special-needs\/virtual-reality-autism\/\">https:\/\/joinbeam.com\/special-needs\/virtual-reality-autism\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Autism and Virtual Reality Gaming<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2147\/PRBM.S24016\" target=\"_blank\">Autism<\/a>&nbsp;delays language development, impairs social skills and manifests increased repetitive behavior in kids. &nbsp;In fact, all can keep your child from academic and social involvement. As a result, kids with autism have problems processing everyday information. &nbsp;Virtual Reality (VR) has been a success an intervention for social interactions among people with autism. &nbsp;Above all VR has helped \u201cprovide safe, unlimited, and commonly encountered day-to-day contexts to practice social scenarios.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With virtual reality gaming, kids can increase their physical exercise helping decrease repetitive behavior. &nbsp;Also, this technology offers the opportunity for kids to develop hand-eye coordination. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other possibilities include simple repetitive actions and social play. &nbsp;On the other hand, children that struggle with sensory issues can experience cause and effect without&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autism.org.uk\/sensory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sensory overload<\/a>. &nbsp;Similarly, VR gaming and augmented reality offer kids the opportunity to exert influence on their environment. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About BEAM&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>BEAM&nbsp;by EyeClick is the future of VR and augmented reality. The award-winning, innovative platform engages children through tailored games. &nbsp;BEAM helps early learning centers provide an immersive education, while encourages children to indulge in physical activities to work up a healthy appetite for learning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Yair Ariel, EyeClick, 4 April 2017 https:\/\/joinbeam.com\/special-needs\/virtual-reality-autism\/ Autism and Virtual Reality Gaming Autism&nbsp;delays language development, impairs social skills and manifests increased repetitive behavior in kids. &nbsp;In fact, all can keep your child from academic and social involvement. As a result, kids with autism have problems processing everyday information. &nbsp;Virtual Reality (VR) has been a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-science-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1543"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2188,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions\/2188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}