Having in mind the different VRMIND products, the work performed this year can be summarized as follows:
- Nesplora Aula School: First of all an extensive review of the literature has been carried out in order to guide the creation of the new report for the educational field. Once the draft of this report has been generated, we have tested its utility in the Field Studies in Spain. We have already entered the new norms in the server which generates the new report of this tool. This is currently on the market.
- Nesplora Aquarium: The field trials finished at the beginning of the year and some modifications were done in order to have a version ready for the normative studies. Control applications for the studies and for commercialization purposes have been developed. Regarding the clinical studies, we have started 19 clinical trials, and also its utility to assess the attentional profile in different pathologies. This is currently on the market.
- Nesplora Aula: With Nesplora Aula we have carried out studies in 6 countries thought 9 collaborators. The aims of these studies have been to study the performance of Nesplora Aula in different populations in different countries and also in comparison with other neuropsychological tools. This tool was already on the market before the beginning of the VRMIND project.
- Nesplora Ice Cream: We have been testing different controllers in order to find the better one to interact with this tool. Finally we have found the Samsung Gear VR Controller, and we have carried out studies to test its feasibility with different populations. The normative study of this tool has been carried out and also the clinical studies are planned.
- Nesplora Suite: The work carried out with this tool has been based on finishing defining some of the requirements of the task, the variables evaluated and the results that must be collected for the report. In 2018 it was decided that it would be better if this test was based on a spherical photo rather than a 3D scenario. This change has meant changes in the development level and also in the task of the test. With this tool the normative study has already been carried out and the clinical studies have been planned.
In the communication domain we have created: (1) the web page of the project; (2) the social network profile of the project. We have attended to several national and international congresses with different scientific communications and, also, we have prepared for 2019 two communications to be presented in 2 congresses. Finally, we have made a great effort creating materials like leaflets, brochures, infographic, etc…, related with the VRMIND project. These materials have both business and scientific transfer purposes. Finally, series of videos with training purposes have been created.
In the light of this summary, our main results achieved are:
– To have a new tool for the educational sector already finished and already deployed into the market.
– To have a new tool for the evaluation of the attentional proccesses and working memory in adults, already finished and ready already deployed into the market.
– To have two tools Nesplora Ice Cream and Nesplora Suite (both for the evaluation of memory functions in people 16 years old) finished and ready to be deployed into the market.
– We have also created an international network with a total of 35 independent collaborators from the public and private sectors in Europe, LATAM and USA
