SBIR/STTR Research Award
PREVENTING HIV: A CD-ROM PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
Award amount
$57,523Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1999Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
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- Recipient company
- Oregon Center For Applied Science, Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
Not Available Individuals with disabilities are faced with unique barriers to education and employment. Virtual Reality can be used as an innovative technology to improve the self-determination, self-esteem, and positive interaction skills which could minimize the barriers to education and employment. The hardware and software including adaptive devices and connection to the Internet, scenarios/simulations, databases, and artificial intelligence are presented that will allow one to construct a VR Workstation that can be used with individuals with disabilities for training in self-determination, self-esteem and positive interaction skills and allow them to transition to the workplace
Technology keywords
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