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SEP 24, 2016 @ 02:19 PM6,513VIEWSThe Little Black Book of Billionaire Secrets
Meet Pakistan's Wonder Boys Reimagining Special Education
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Taking home third prize at theGlobal Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Tech-I Startup Competitionheld at Stanford University this year,WonderTree, a Pakistani start-up from Karachi, is on the road to aiding children with special needs by way of its thoroughly interactive augmented reality games.
The Founders of WonderTree (L-R): Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Waqas and Ahmed Bukhari. Source: WonderTree.
For Muhammad Usman, the start-up’s co-founder and Chief Technical Officer, the birth of WonderTree swiftly took shape in 2015, when he saw his older brother (born with special needs) enjoying playing a game on his PlayStation. “It was then when all the dots connected and I realized what I wanted to do,” Usman stated.
Working closely with special education teachers, occupational therapists and psychologists, the start-up has currently developed four games that are best suited for children with autism, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, ADHD, and other mental disabilities.
A special needs student plays a WonderTree game. Source: WonderTree.
With just a kinect v2 sensor, a television and a laptop as the only hardware required to play the games, WonderTree’s technology assists in developing motor, cognitive and functional skills for children with learning disabilities. But that’s not all; the start-up’s games feature an in-built reporting system which helps the developers track and document each child’s performance.
“We’re working on ways of using this data to build AI (artificial intelligence) into our games,” Usman said, speaking of WonderTree’s upcoming plans, “So in the future; our games will be able to adjust the difficulty levels and other settings as per the child’s needs, progress and disability. This will make our games highly efficient. We’re really excited about this.”
Meet Pakistan's Wonder Boys Reimagining Special Education
CONTRIBUTOR
I cover art and culture: from the superstars to the overlooked heroes.
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.
Taking home third prize at theGlobal Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Tech-I Startup Competitionheld at Stanford University this year,WonderTree, a Pakistani start-up from Karachi, is on the road to aiding children with special needs by way of its thoroughly interactive augmented reality games.
The Founders of WonderTree (L-R): Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Waqas and Ahmed Bukhari. Source: WonderTree.
For Muhammad Usman, the start-up’s co-founder and Chief Technical Officer, the birth of WonderTree swiftly took shape in 2015, when he saw his older brother (born with special needs) enjoying playing a game on his PlayStation. “It was then when all the dots connected and I realized what I wanted to do,” Usman stated.
Working closely with special education teachers, occupational therapists and psychologists, the start-up has currently developed four games that are best suited for children with autism, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, ADHD, and other mental disabilities.
A special needs student plays a WonderTree game. Source: WonderTree.
With just a kinect v2 sensor, a television and a laptop as the only hardware required to play the games, WonderTree’s technology assists in developing motor, cognitive and functional skills for children with learning disabilities. But that’s not all; the start-up’s games feature an in-built reporting system which helps the developers track and document each child’s performance.
“We’re working on ways of using this data to build AI (artificial intelligence) into our games,” Usman said, speaking of WonderTree’s upcoming plans, “So in the future; our games will be able to adjust the difficulty levels and other settings as per the child’s needs, progress and disability. This will make our games highly efficient. We’re really excited about this.”
