{"id":68904,"date":"2023-03-22T14:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T20:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=68904"},"modified":"2023-03-22T10:52:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T16:52:48","slug":"uchealth-apps-ar-features-virtual-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/uchealth-apps-ar-features-virtual-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Who let the dogs out? The UCHealth app\u2019s augmented reality feature did."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_68906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68906\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68906\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/03\/07142440\/DogAR_UCHealth_Today.webp\" alt=\"photo of how AR shows a dog within the UCHealth app that you can interact with.\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Now you see Rover, now you don\u2019t. The UCHealth app\u2019s first augmented reality feature aims to bring smiles to patients\u2019 faces \u2013 and pave the way for AR to help patients in different ways. Photos for UCHealth by Todd Neff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps you\u2019ve noticed the button in the center of the UCHealth App \u2013 a box in which a sketch of a box shares space with the words \u201cAugmented Reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several thousand UCHealth patients already have, because they\u2019ve tapped that box and launched the first of what promises to be many augmented-reality (AR) experiences integrated into the UCHealth mobile phone app.<\/p>\n<p>Doing so activates their mobile-phone\u2019s camera (assuming they grant permission) and takes them to wherever the camera happens to be pointing. The AR system adds to the scene something that\u2019s not actually there: a motley band of four dogs, including an Akita, a corgi, a Jack Russell terrier, and a pug. One chooses a breed, gives it a name, and can then interact with the virtual canine in ways that include throwing it a bone, tossing a tennis ball for it to fetch, having it sit, having it lie down, and having it bark (though \u201cmute\u201d is also an option).<\/p>\n<p>But first, a pop-up appears as if to address the unspoken question of what all this has to do with health care at a prominent academic medical center. It reads: \u201cHEALTH TIP: Interacting with animals lowers your blood pressure and decreases levels of the stress hormone cortisol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s more to it than that, too.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Dogs are just the first steps for more app AR<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68907\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68907\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/03\/07142602\/AR-Augmented-Reality-red-box-jpeg.webp\" alt=\"The AR pilot earned some prime real estate on the UCHealth app as shown here on the homepage.\" width=\"300\" height=\"649\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The AR pilot earned some prime real estate on the UCHealth app.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The virtual dogs represent UCHealth\u2019s first foray into augmented reality. The aims were simple, said Nicole Caputo, UCHealth\u2019s senior director of Experience and Innovation. Her team wanted to prove out the ability to embed AR into the UCHealth app in a fun, simple way that acquaints patients with the technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to learn more about the technology and how our patients would respond to it. There wasn\u2019t much more than that for this first experience,\u201d Caputo said. \u201cSo why not do something to bring joy to people?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As one observes a pug fetching a tennis ball (this writer\u2019s puggle wouldn\u2019t have fetched any ball not made of hamburger), it is hard not to at least smile.<\/p>\n<p>Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>And AR is a stepping stone, Caputo adds, though not toward the logical next step of virtual reality. That\u2019s because UCHealth has been doing VR \u2013 the one with the eye-covering headsets and headphones through which people immerse themselves in a digital environment \u2013 since 2017. It\u2019s been a hit with thousands of patients prior to surgery and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/virtual-reality-helps-patient-cope-with-difficult-cancer-treatments\/\">during chemotherapy<\/a>, wound care, burn care, and more.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why have digital dogs in the UCHealth app?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Caputo and her UCHealth team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/innovation\/media\/\">worked with Denver-based August Allen<\/a> to develop the AR pilot. Justin Hayes, the agency\u2019s creative director, said the only firm idea going in was to \u201cput a smile on people\u2019s faces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think pretty much straight away, we decided to do a dating kind of thing and match up people with dogs,\u201d Hayes said.<\/p>\n<p>They considered going for something hyper-realistic by bringing in real dogs and filming them in front of a green screen but opted for digital renderings because, as he put it, \u201cWe realized there were challenges with live animals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Going with digital dogs also gave them wide berth regarding facial expressions, tail wags, and other movements, Hayes said. An ability to control each joint independently provided a range of possibilities for action. The team went with those four particular breeds because they\u2019re cute and friendly and represent a range of sizes from midsize to small dogs. The idea was that fans of larger dogs could go with the Akita, and those of smaller breeds might choose the pug. Bigger breeds didn\u2019t make the cut mainly because they\u2019d fill the entire mobile-phone screen, he added.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>More AR to come within the UCHealth app<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A quick development cycle \u2013 about three months leading to a soft launch in October 2022 \u2013 meant that certain ideas would have to wait.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68908\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68908 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/03\/07142844\/AR-dog-group-jpegeee.webp\" alt=\"photo of how AR shows a dog within the UCHealth app that you can interact with.\" width=\"300\" height=\"650\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A range of possible canine companions awaits the user. They were chosen, the function\u2019s creators say, to offer a range of sizes to users. But all are intentionally cute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Those hours are now going into new AR ideas. Up next, Caputo says, will be AR games that support brain health and meditation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting a couple of memory or spatial games into the app will not only be great in fostering wellness but will also allow us to broaden the AR library and help refine our sense of what kind of content our patients respond to,\u201d Caputo said.<\/p>\n<p>Caputo said her term views AR as a way to deliver better experiences to patients that could manifest in lots of ways over time. Billing is one example.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForms, bills \u2013 even appointment instructions \u2013 can be confusing. We\u2019d like to use the AR environment to allow the patient to control the experience and get answers in a more descriptive, interactive way,\u201d she said. \u201cIt would be a huge win to turn education into an engaging experience.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, the AR dog is now out of the bag at UCHealth (apologies to the cats who typically inhabit the colloquialism).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opportunities are endless \u2013 it\u2019s very similar to VR in that way,\u201d Caputo said. \u201cThe more people hear and learn about the positive outcomes from VR, the more interest and excitement we get. 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