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| Friday, 8 February 2008
Welcome to Wamble
This site will try and explain what WAMBLE is, what the study we are doing here at Oxford Brookes is all about and most importantly provide information to the participants of the study on games to use with equipment and other neat tricks and tips. The latest news can be seen below or use the links above to navigate your way round the site
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| Friday, 8 February 2008
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| Wednesday, 3 October 2007
Hamsterball, available from Raptisoft is actually one of a number of games available that allow control of the character (in this instance a hamster in a ball!) from above. Due to this it does require quite a bit of concentration to keep focused but many people report that its one of the most fun games we have.
Installation
Simply download and extract the following file: http://www.raptisoft.com/FYI/Hamsterball-NoFalls.zip
Please contact Will regarding a licence (it will be a time limited demo otherwise).
Note that this is a modified version of the current game and all credit goes to the Raptisoft development team for making this happen!
Installation
Simply download and extract the following file: http://www.raptisoft.com/FYI/Hamsterball-NoFalls.zip
Please contact Will regarding a licence (it will be a time limited demo otherwise).
Note that this is a modified version of the current game and all credit goes to the Raptisoft development team for making this happen!
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| Tuesday, 2 October 2007
About
Easy games were one of the first set of games discovered to work really well with WAMBLE. Available from Inclusive Technology Ltd. in the UK and originally developed by Leripa, AB of Sweden, these suite of "Easy Games" have been developed with the needs of children requiring specialist equipment in mind.
Availability
The games have been licensed for the project and are available by contacting Will.
Installation
Non-CD method:
CD method:
Options
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Some info for you participants will follow..
e.g. Select which period you/your child is currently in : Intervention or Control
Intervention:
- Guidelines for WAMBLE usage
- Video of correct usage
- Different setups
- Games & installing
- Diary
Control:
- Woolworths voucher. Some ideas of what to spend it on:
- Ideas of different things to do
- Diary
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| Monday, 1 October 2007
The study is a randomised cross over trial with Ethical Approval from both the local commitee (Oxford Brookes University) and National from COREC (Huntingdon B Group) with approval for a multi-centre non-site specific study.
Inclusion Criteria
- Children with a neuromotor dysfunction who have the potential to improve in sitting ability
- Aged 5-16 at the start of the study
- Cognitive ability to interact with a computer game (If your unsure as to what level we mean for this its quite a simple level for the games used - e.g. Can the child point to a door when asked "Can you point to the door?")
There are some further inclusion criteria but the researchers will need to assess for these before the start of the study. (For example we require the child to have a certain level of sitting ability)
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WAMBLE is the acronym we have put to the hardware and software interface for the equipment used in the study. As well as standing for Wobble And Move Balance Environment it can also be defined as
There is one main component to WAMBLE and that is the platform. It consists of a modified game controller (a Logitech Dual-Action Controller to be precise) housed within a small box. The joystick component of the controller has been modified so it can be controlled by four pressure-sensitive pads. These pads have been placed between to pieces of lightweight milled plywood so that they can be sat upon and allow control of the joystick by moving in the 4 planes of movement; forward-backwards, left-right and all the combinations in between.
History
The equipment is based on similar equipment used by Janet Cockburn and her team at Reading University investigating dual-tasking in adults with brain injury.
The Software
Due to the fact the system is based upon a game contoller, the software that it interfaces without any special software are computer games and applications that have been designed to be operated by a joystick. This however is also its downfall; many simple (4-directional only) games are operated by the keyboard rather than an input device such as a joystick (e.g. web-based Flash games).
To use these games and programmes one of the numerous Joystick to Mouse converter applications are required. These can be found on the Games & Software page.
Other Elements
A safety harness has been designed to be used whilst the child is sitting in a wheelchair.
To move with a weaving or rolling motion(wordnet, 2007).
The Hardware
There is one main component to WAMBLE and that is the platform. It consists of a modified game controller (a Logitech Dual-Action Controller to be precise) housed within a small box. The joystick component of the controller has been modified so it can be controlled by four pressure-sensitive pads. These pads have been placed between to pieces of lightweight milled plywood so that they can be sat upon and allow control of the joystick by moving in the 4 planes of movement; forward-backwards, left-right and all the combinations in between.
History
The equipment is based on similar equipment used by Janet Cockburn and her team at Reading University investigating dual-tasking in adults with brain injury.
The Software
Due to the fact the system is based upon a game contoller, the software that it interfaces without any special software are computer games and applications that have been designed to be operated by a joystick. This however is also its downfall; many simple (4-directional only) games are operated by the keyboard rather than an input device such as a joystick (e.g. web-based Flash games).
To use these games and programmes one of the numerous Joystick to Mouse converter applications are required. These can be found on the Games & Software page.
Other Elements
A safety harness has been designed to be used whilst the child is sitting in a wheelchair.
A demo of its usage can be seen in the clip below
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| Friday, 28 September 2007
This is a test
