Children's Hospital
Los Angeles
VR Basketball Game That Motivate Kids
To Do Breathing Exercises
This VR basketball game is a fun and easy way to improve breathing. By playing this game the kids will be conditioned to make their exhalations longer, resulting in slower, deeper, and more efficient breathing. This is especially recommended for people with breathing-related (cystic fibrosis, asthma, emphysema, COPD) disorders.
USC CSCI 538 AR/VR - Hoops - The Basketball Game Demo Video
Game Flow
The kids play the basketball game through the process of breathing. The kid inhales to get the basketball towards them. When they hold their breath, the ball starts to dribble. The kid then exhales to basket the ball in the basket.
The game is designed in such a way that for each level the kid has to inhale and exhale for the minimum required time for the ball to come closer to them as well as for the correct basket of the ball. This makes sure that the kid breaths for the required amount of time to basket the ball.
There are three levels in the game with each subsequent level requiring more breathing time.