MRI Scan VR with AWS Sumerian

Amazon Sumerian host explaining MRI scan procedures
MRI scanning

Inspiration

For many people, the thought alone of an MRI is enough to cause a full-blown panic attack. Approximately 9 percent of people have a clinical diagnosis of claustrophobia or a fear of enclosed places, according to a study in the journal Psychological Medicine. Yet experts agree that simply feeling claustrophobic during an MRI is common for most people, even those without a phobia. So we decided to produce a virtual reality application,which will reduce such fears.

What it does

Our project will help people with claustrophobic to overcome this situation by virtually experience the MRI scanning procedure.

How I built it

This project is build with the Amazon Sumerian platform, which is very user friendly and build applications even without expertise in coding. Sumerian Hosts makes it easy to create and add animated 3D characters called Hosts.