Cosmin Mihaiu Summary

Cosmin Mihaiu opened his lecture with a personal story about his own experience in age six when he broke his arm. He focused in the physical therapy process that was painful, tedious and longer from the expected due to the lack of cooperation of the patient. He continues by presenting an additional example about his mother who suffered from a frozen shoulder. Like him she also did a physiotherapy and experienced a similar feelings regarding the treatment. Those two cases led Mihaiu to think about creative solution for people who need to do physical therapy. Mihaiu and three friends developed the MIRA, a video game that includes motion capture camera, Kinect and allows the player to practice on a set of repetitive exercises. Example activities