DISEÑO DE UN JUEGO VIRTUAL COMO TERAPIA DE AMBLIOPÍA PARA LA CARRERA DE OPTOMETRÍA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE MANABÍ

Abstract

In the present work, a virtual game was developed to perform amblyopia therapies using virtual reality. For this, an analysis of other virtual games that have been created, such as Dig Rush, Diplopia, Tetris, among others, was carried out. It was decided to develop a virtual game from the technological and innovative perspective with the advantage that it is the first virtual game in Spanish that was created in Ecuador. For the programming of the game, the programming language C Sharp (Programming Language) and the IDE (integrated development environment), which is the Unity (videogame development platform), were also used, such as Blender and Autocad (programs for the development of videogame figures). With the virtual game developed in addition to being used as therapy for amblyopia, it will be possible to evaluate if there are accommodative problems or there is suppression, an additional game was also created that will allow to define if the patient has any alteration of the color. At the end of the work, a survey was conducted of the optometrists who work with pediatric patients and perform visual therapies to evaluate the interest they have in acquiring the virtual game. It can be concluded that videogames will be highly accepted by professionals and patients as it is an innovative and technological project.