Scanxiety VR

ABOUT

Scanxiety VR is a VR project that helps young children overcome their fear of scans. 

The application aims to help children who have to undergo an MRI scan by making them experience a fantastic adventure within the same machine.

Initially, the child will be guided around a hospital by Jane, a nurse who will explain to the player what an MRI scan is and how it works. The child and the nurse will then go in a lift, that will take them to a secret level of the Hospital. Aster the robot, Jane the nurse and Peter the radiographer will explain to the players that they have been chosen to complete a mission that will save the Earth. The player will then lie in the scanner, that will then transform into a capsule and be launched into space. The player will have to destroy asteroids that are approaching the Earth. Once the mission is completed, the player will receive a certificate with the pictures of the scans. 

During scans, children often feel claustrophobic. This VR project enables children to experience the close environment of a MRI scanner, but in a fantastic world where they will live an entertaining adventure. 

Scanners may also scare young children because of the loud noises they produce. This is why we chose to give a fantastic meaning to those sounds that become part of the story.

LANGUAGE

English

CONTROLS

• WASD  or arrow keys + mouse: to move in the environment 
• E: to interact with objects and characters
• esc: to pause the game
• left and right click: to shoot laser or sphere against asteroids
• space: boost

CREDITS

This demo project was created within the Virtual Reality course of the Cinema and Media Engineering faculty (a.y. 2021/2022).

Politecnico di Torino.

Developers

Mattia Ambrosini

Gabriele Monteleone

Andrea Spanu

Elizabeth Caroline Storer

Adriano Valentini

References

Game Engine - Unity Engine

3D modelling tools - Blender

3D models - CGTrader, Turbosquid, Sketchfab

Animations - Mixamo

Textures -  Poliigon

Sounds - FreeSound

Characters - 

https://github.com/microsoft/Microsoft-Rocketbox

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/jammo-character-mix-and-jam-...

HOSPITAL

Assets

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/distillation-montage-ae700bdeaf034da980b4fac31fa...

https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/furniture/chair/3-seater-waiting-chair

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/server-rack-62f6779cb7e448b19aaf58544c3c7218

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/elevator-66c70720afad406cb1f4f47e93e5e248

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sci-fi-biolab-corridor-023906576a3640beaf38f9954...

SPACE

Features

Cinemachine

https://unity.com/unity/features/editor/art-and-design/cinemachine

Input System

https://unity.com/features/input-system

Assets

Deep Space Skybox

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/textures-materials/deep-space-skybox-pa...

Planet Earth

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/sci-fi/planet-earth-free-2...

Asteroids

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/asteroids-pack-84988