Canada Neurotech

Virtual Reality for ADHD

Our mission is to provide an effective and affordable non-pharmacological treatment to the growing population of children and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). ADHD a condition marked by difficult initiating and/or maintain attention. We aim to leverage  commercially available electroencephalography (EEG) hardware with the widespread use of smart phones to create a virtual reality (VR) based brain-computer-interface (BCI). Our BCI will work to take inputs from the EEG hardware and change elements within the VR environment in response to internal brain rhythms. Given certain constraints, this has been shown to be effective within highly controlled experiment environments.

Currently, the scant number of providers of neurofeedback attach an outrageous price, rendering it essentially unavailable to the majority of the population. In addition, they are frequently found using outdated software and paradigms. With the potential for frequent software updates, it would be possible to tweak user experience much faster as increased treatment efficacy is attained within scientific literature.

Combined with long wait lists, and a limited number of effective pharmacological alternatives, growing support for neurofeedback paradigms from the scientific community leads us to believe that the best alternative to effectively helping ADHD individuals en masse is a low cost distributed approach. With the consensual release of brain data from our users, we would also have an unparalleled opportunity to model ADHD at a societal level, further increasing our potential to develop more effective treatment, specific to user demographics.