MADRID, 1 (EUROPA PRESS)
The multinational Indra has presented on Thursday a system of Interactive Virtual Learning for people with autism and difficulties of learning (SAP), which aims to apply the technologies of virtual reality and augmented reality to support training and education to professionals and family intervention conducted with those affected by this disorder.
The project envisages the development of a technological platform capable of integrating systems and tools that cover all the required educational content for people with autism and allow work different aspects requiring far different, as basic learning solutions (big, small, far, close) and skills for everyday life (cleaning or feeding).
It will also include concepts such as the Working Group and the understanding of the relationship, the recognition of emotions or abilities like imagination and the game.
The new application that will be “technologically accessible and simple”, will offer virtual worlds and environments controlled, understandable and adaptable, useful and support educational intervention of these people, who feel a great attraction to the elements of technology such as computers, game consoles, pdas, etc.
Studies on the application of technologies such as virtual and reality augmented for the intervention of people with autism have shown results very favourable.
SAP is part of the subprogramme Avanza competitiveness technology of the Ministry of industry, tourism and trade and, in addition to Indra, he coordinates the project through its network of Software Labs, the Consortium is made up of SMEs Sequoia, an expert in 3D animation, and the Group of autism and learning difficulties at the University of Valencia.
Research platforms, technologies, multimodal and configurable, interfaces as well as other systems of last generation, the SAP project provides for the study of the needs of educational and teaching of professionals working with people with ASD, the design of contents adapted to those needs and the development of several prototypes.
Prototypes for A pilot evaluation
These prototypes will be evaluated with typically developing children for a first experimental phase and later by people with autism and other disabilities intellectuals.
This will make it possible to get answers regarding the use of all these technologies with people with special needs, as well as the dissemination of results of the various investigations and evaluations carried out on the project.
Professionals who work daily with people with TEA or intellectual disabilities it offers them a workspace where obtain educational tools with interfaces and highly configurable and can be adapted to each person, content and share experiences and new contents with other professionals.
