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Balakrishnan Prabhakaran
UTD computer scientists developed a system for managing phantom pain in collaboration with researchers at the Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System. [Photo: UTD]
The Last Word: UTD’s Balakrishnan Prabhakaran on Virtual Reality Tech for Phantom Limb Pain
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Dec 5, 2022
The Mr. MAPP system uses a laptop, camera, and VR headset to create a virtual 3D model of the user’s missing or paralyzed limb. Wearing the VR headset, Peterson played a series of games where the virtual model of his missing lower leg did things like stomp the floor or burst a bubble.
