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We are developing a new online 3D environment for young people fighting cancer to meet and learn together and from each other.- "The pain and isolation of dealing with a cancer diagnosis are challenging emotional experiences for adults. Now imagine getting that diagnosis as an adolescent." -- from Stanford School of Medicine's Scope piece on BE
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Design Competition: Who would you want to wear?
We are running a contest to get us some more 3D avatars. For this we are teaming up with OurBricks; a 3D content service built by our technology partner Katalabs. Together we are putting out a call to creative 3D artists everywhere: The … Continue reading
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We passed a milestone today
Today the first two young patients tried out navigating and chatting in the BE community! It’s an important milestone for our work. We have a lot to learn from the young patients and how the see the community. Their ideas … Continue reading
Posted in Basic BE, cancer, pilot-testing, young people with cancer
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One important step closer to testing BE community
Today we got our approval from National Danish Data Protection Agency to start pilot testing the BE community with young cancer patients at major oncology wards at two Danish hospitals. This great news is bringing us closer to building the … Continue reading
A place to BE – more news coverage on our project (in Danish)
Picking up the news of the BE community from the recent Future of Health Innovation Conference at Stanford University, the Danish Cancer Society is featuring an interview with founders of the BE community, Mette Terp Høybye and Henrik Bennetsen, in … Continue reading
Posted in 3D, Basic BE, cancer, press, young people with cancer
Tagged accessibility, BE community, cancer, Danish Cancer Society, social, technology, vision, young
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A great leap forward for the BE community
Two days ago Katalabs, who is developing the software for the BE community, made a public release of the browser based virtual environment KataSpace. This is the environment we envision BE community to be running in very soon, so it’s … Continue reading
Posted in 3D, Basic BE
Tagged accessibility, browser, Katalabs, virtual environment, WebGL
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The unique needs of young cancer patients
If the BE community will with time be able to alleviate just a small bit of this suffering, we’ve been successful: ‘Too Young for Cancer’ and Demanding Action – WSJ.com.
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The first live demo
It was beyond belief today to actually watch the first live demo of the BE community at the Future of Health Innovation. The boys at Katalabs have been working day and night to make this happen – and they did … Continue reading
Posted in 3D, Basic BE, health innovation, young people with cancer
Tagged 3D, demo, live, social network, virtual environment
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Presenting BE at conference on health innovation
This coming Tuesday we have been given an opportunity to present the BE community at the two-day conference Future of Health Innovation at Stanford University. The conference will examine and showcase new innovative ways to optimize the health care system, … Continue reading
Posted in 3D, Basic BE, cancer, health innovation, health technology
Tagged 3D, game, health technology, innovation, teenagers
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Added value of 3D
One of the things we discuss a lot in this project is how to make the most of 3D. The spatial and sensory experience of 3D spaces gives an experience of presence and immediacy that impacts the experience of interaction … Continue reading
Posted in 3D, Basic BE, children, Health apps, teenagers, young people with cancer
Tagged 3D, body, empowerment, experience, impact, interaction, self
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A small story of how we got started (in Danish)
For those of you reading Danish this small guest blog from Mette might be a fun read. – On how we got started and the Stanford Experience Fra idé til virkelighed — Blogs fra Videnskabsministeriet.
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