Jake is interested in Virtual reality, Augmented reality and how games technology can be applied to fields such as healthcare to enhance staff training and patient experiences. Jake has developed a close working relationship with doctors from Sandwell trust City Hospital and has developed software to support the learning of eye examination techniques for junior doctors. Jake is planning to pursue a PhD in the field of Computer Games Technology in the near future.
Harvey, C., Selmanović, E., O’Connor, J. and Chahin, M., 2019. A comparison between expert and beginner learning for motor skill development in a virtual reality serious game. The Visual Computer, pp.1-15.
Wilson, A.S., Ramesh, A., Carruthers, D. and O'Connor, J., 2018, October. A Prototype Virtual Reality Rehabilitation Game for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. In European Conference on Games Based Learning (pp. 745-XXVI). Academic Conferences International Limited.
Harvey, C., Selmanovic, E., O'Connor, J. and Chahin, M., 2018, September. Validity of virtual reality training for motor skill development in a serious game. In 2018 10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
Wilson, A.S., O’Connor, J., Taylor, L. and Carruthers, D., 2017, November. A case study into the use of virtual reality and gamification in ophthalmology training. In Joint International Conference on Serious Games (pp. 158-169). Springer, Cham.
Wilson, A.S., O'Connor, J., Taylor, L. and Carruthers, D., 2017. A 3D virtual reality ophthalmoscopy trainer. The clinical teacher, 14(6), pp.427-431.
