Impact VR team collect award for ‘Luna’s Light’ at international games awards

Sheffield Hallam University’s Impact VR team collected the prestigious 2023 Games for Change award for Luna’s Light in New York, USA.

Luna’s Light is an enchanting adventure designed for upper limb rehabilitation. With an immersive fantasy world and an enchanted bow, it offers an engaging way to carry out therapy at home.

The game was co-designed with physiotherapists and patients from Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, and its intuitive mechanics combine therapy with captivating gameplay.

For more information please see the Sheffield Hallam University press release here.

Impact VR is a multidisciplinary team that includes the key clinical professionals and patients for each study. Our goal is to design fun experiences that reproduce clinical interventions through gameplay. Impact VR lab is directed by Principal Research Fellow Ivan Phelan.