A virtual reality-based healthcare platform of a BRAC University student has made it to a list of 20 projects nominated for an international award inspiring ideas and social impact action.
Farhin Ahmed, an undergraduate student of the Department of English and Humanities, is the co-founder of Inside Global. “We would introduce VR exposure therapy (VRET) in South Asia to treat major symptoms among mental health patients in different hospitals and healthcare centers. These features would allow the patients to immerse into a simulated environment specific to the patient’s requirements e.g. enabling phobia-inflicted users to confront their most feared situations or creating a hypotonic state needed for meditations,” states the platform in the award website.
“We are also developing the necessary virtual content materials as well as the first interactive human library to accompany our principal hardware. Additionally, we are offering our video materials through our social media programs to initially target over 01 million students and include artificially enhanced chatbots to connect attendees with professional counselors, with the aim of educating them to seek mental healthcare with efficiency,” it adds.
Inside Global was one of the 20 projects shortlisted in a “Learning” category for Moonshot Awards 2022 of the Moonshot Platform, a place of mutually beneficial exchange bringing together leaders, partners, and supporters with aligned goals to join forces in providing resources and opportunities necessary for creating impact through young founders' projects. The 20 were among 100 projects recently shortlisted from a pool of over 1,500 from around the globe. The winners are due to be announced in New York on 17 November, 2022.