{"id":6046,"date":"2019-02-07T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=6046"},"modified":"2019-06-12T10:48:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T09:48:41","slug":"ivan-phelan-vr-sch-rehab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/ivan-phelan-vr-sch-rehab\/","title":{"rendered":"VR Researcher and Games Developer, Ivan Phelan introduces his research to the BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week C3RI&#8217;s VR Researcher and Games Developer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.ac.uk\/about-us\/our-people\/staff-profiles\/ivan-phelan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ivan Phelan<\/a> spoke to the BBC about how virtual reality (VR) games can help patients through rehab.<\/p>\n<p>Ivan and his team are currently working on a collaborative project with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheffChildrens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/a> researching the ways in which VR might help children through rehab for limb injuries.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6081\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/ivan-phelan-vr-sch-rehab\/phelan-2019-02-bbc-vr-interview\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/02\/PHELAN-2019-02-BBC-VR-Interview.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PHELAN 2019-02 BBC VR Interview\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/02\/PHELAN-2019-02-BBC-VR-Interview.jpg?fit=860%2C645&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6081\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/02\/PHELAN-2019-02-BBC-VR-Interview-400x300.jpg?resize=400%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/02\/PHELAN-2019-02-BBC-VR-Interview.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/02\/PHELAN-2019-02-BBC-VR-Interview.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/02\/PHELAN-2019-02-BBC-VR-Interview.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/02\/PHELAN-2019-02-BBC-VR-Interview.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/02\/PHELAN-2019-02-BBC-VR-Interview.jpg?w=1720 1720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>This research will be featured on the BBC this weekend. The report will be on Saturday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCBreakfast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Breakfast<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCClick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Click<\/a> on the News Channel at 12.30, and throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Ivan&#8217;s primary area of expertise is in Unity and C# which are great tools to create fast functional prototypes. His current research uses Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality with Health Technologies to aid patient rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>Other projects that Ivan and the VR research team are working on include <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/vr-tech4good-awards-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the application of VR\u00a0games technology to train adult amputees<\/a> to use their prosthetic arm for a range of everyday tasks, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/phelan-vr-burns-pain-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">use of VR games to reduce pain for burns patients<\/a> under going dressing changes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week C3RI&#8217;s VR Researcher and Games Developer, Ivan Phelan spoke to the BBC about how virtual reality (VR) games can help patients through rehab. Ivan and his team are currently working on a collaborative project with Sheffield Children&#8217;s Hospital researching the ways in which VR might help children through rehab for limb injuries. This research will be featured on [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1158,"featured_media":6138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[139,3],"tags":[960,984,981,216,982,392,983,616],"class_list":["post-6046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-research-impact","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-click","tag-games-research","tag-ivan-phelan","tag-rehab","tag-serious-games","tag-sheffield-childrens-hospital","tag-vr-research"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/02\/IVAN-SCH-Game-e1549978271193.jpg?fit=900%2C290&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8oFHo-1zw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7509,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/prince-harry-vr-lab-visit\/","url_meta":{"origin":6046,"position":0},"title":"Prince Harry visits VR Lab to see prosthetics and rehab research","author":"Kirsty Christer","date":"31\/07\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Duke of Sussex learnt about the Communication and Computing Research Centre\u2019s latest Virtual Reality (VR) research during a visit to Sheffield Hallam University last week. Prince Harry was given a demonstration of a system supporting the rehabilitation of amputees by\u00a0Impact VR Research Lab lead researcher\u00a0Ivan Phelan and Maurice Lee,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Prince Harry visits Impact VR Lab","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/07\/Prince-Harry-VR2.jpg?fit=1200%2C391&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/07\/Prince-Harry-VR2.jpg?fit=1200%2C391&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/07\/Prince-Harry-VR2.jpg?fit=1200%2C391&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/07\/Prince-Harry-VR2.jpg?fit=1200%2C391&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/07\/Prince-Harry-VR2.jpg?fit=1200%2C391&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9922,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/child-health-technology-conference\/","url_meta":{"origin":6046,"position":1},"title":"Lab4Living and VR researchers at the Child Health Technology Conference","author":"Kirsty Christer","date":"02\/03\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"This week, researchers from Lab4Living and the Culture & Creativity Research Institute are sharing their innovative children and young people's health related research at Child Health Technology 2021 (CHT2021). The conference is organised by CYP MedTech, a co-operative set up by the National Institute for Health Research to which focuses\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"CHT2021 conference","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/03\/CHT21-conf-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C405&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/03\/CHT21-conf-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C405&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/03\/CHT21-conf-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C405&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/03\/CHT21-conf-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C405&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/03\/CHT21-conf-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C405&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3225,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/c3ri-lead-funded-project-on-how-vr-can-help-injured-children-through-painful-rehabilitation\/","url_meta":{"origin":6046,"position":2},"title":"C3RI Researchers to lead funded project on how VR can help injured children through painful rehabilitation","author":"Rachel Finch","date":"10\/10\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"C3RI secure \u00a350,000 funding to lead on revolutionary work looking at how virtual reality can help injured children through painful rehabilitation. In a partnership between Hallam, the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust the project, currently dubbed 'VR Rehab PlayRoom', aims to develop interactive VR scenarios which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"People wearing VR headsets","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/10\/PHELEN-2017-10-VR-project.jpg?fit=860%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/10\/PHELEN-2017-10-VR-project.jpg?fit=860%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/10\/PHELEN-2017-10-VR-project.jpg?fit=860%2C290&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/10\/PHELEN-2017-10-VR-project.jpg?fit=860%2C290&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11206,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/work-by-ivan-phelan-impact-vr-on-using-vr-to-help-children-recover-from-surgery-reported-on-channel-4-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":6046,"position":3},"title":"Work by Ivan Phelan &amp; Impact VR on using VR to help children recover from surgery reported on Channel 4 News","author":"Phoebe Bolton","date":"23\/08\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Channel 4 News\u00a0has reported on a project led by Ivan Phelan and the Impact VR lab at Sheffield Hallam University which is using VR to help children undergoing physiotherapy. The team, in collaboration with Sheffield Children's Hospital, created VR games which encourage children to do the necessary exercises in their\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2022\/08\/a99cfb92-2742-95ad-3df2-a1a62ae45d3e.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2022\/08\/a99cfb92-2742-95ad-3df2-a1a62ae45d3e.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2022\/08\/a99cfb92-2742-95ad-3df2-a1a62ae45d3e.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2022\/08\/a99cfb92-2742-95ad-3df2-a1a62ae45d3e.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2022\/08\/a99cfb92-2742-95ad-3df2-a1a62ae45d3e.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11371,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/ivan-phelan-vr-work-recognised\/","url_meta":{"origin":6046,"position":4},"title":"Ivan Phelan VR work recognised","author":"lh1112","date":"04\/01\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"SHU researcher Ivan Phelan whose pioneering virtual reality technology in healthcare has helped amputees, burns victims and children with limb injuries to rehabilitate has been recognised internationally. Ivan Phelan, principal research fellow and director of Impact VR, has been named by The Games Awards in its Future Class 2022 list\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ImpactVR","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2022\/11\/ImpactVR-BlackLogo.jpg?fit=700%2C200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2022\/11\/ImpactVR-BlackLogo.jpg?fit=700%2C200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2022\/11\/ImpactVR-BlackLogo.jpg?fit=700%2C200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2022\/11\/ImpactVR-BlackLogo.jpg?fit=700%2C200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12256,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/impact-vr-lunas-light-games-for-change-award\/","url_meta":{"origin":6046,"position":5},"title":"Impact VR team collect award for \u2018Luna\u2019s Light\u2019 at international games awards","author":"Amy Lander","date":"28\/07\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Sheffield Hallam University\u2019s Impact VR team collected the prestigious 2023 Games for Change award for Luna\u2019s 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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6046"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6140,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6046\/revisions\/6140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}