RESEARCH INITIATIVES/Mixed Reality & Healthcare
Modular Standalone XR Platform for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation
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Modular Standalone XR Platform for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation

Project Summary

A modular standalone extended reality platform for upper limb stroke rehabilitation, featuring clinician-configurable tolerance corridors, dual-loop adaptation, and controller-free optical hand tracking on Meta Quest.

RESEARCH OVERVIEW & DETAILS

Project Scope & Details

A modular XR rehabilitation system designed for stroke survivors. It decouples task presentation from kinematic evaluation windows, utilizing controller-free optical hand tracking on Meta Quest. Clinicians configure dynamic tolerance corridors across shoulder, elbow, and wrist kinematics, validated through an N=21 clinical evaluation (SUS 73.50, R-TLX 4.18/10).

ARCHITECTURAL & SCIENTIFIC HIGHLIGHTS
01.

Controller-Free Hand Tracking

Leverages native optical tracking on Meta Quest to enable natural motor exercises without bulky handheld hardware.

02.

Clinician-Configurable Tolerance Corridors

Allows physical therapists to dynamically adjust angular joint tolerance bounds (shoulder, elbow, wrist) per patient.

03.

Dual-Loop Adaptation Model

Balances clinical diagnostic requirements with real-time gamified scaffolding, preventing patient frustration and dropout.

04.

Kinematic Compliance Analytics

Captures 84.2% trajectory fidelity and provides clinicians with automated range-of-motion progress dashboards.

INTERACTIVE 3D SPATIAL MODEL & KINEMATIC TELEMETRY

Real-Time 3D Mesh & Spatial Coordinate Simulator

Explore an interactive WebGL OpenXR spatial asset preview. Rotate, orbit, and toggle mesh visualization modes to inspect simulated sub-millimeter 6DOF coordinate tracking.

PROJECT GALLERY [5 PHOTOS]
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Modular Platform Architecture
FIG. 01

Modular Platform Architecture

System Pipeline & Interaction Overview
FIG. 02

System Pipeline & Interaction Overview

Spatial Exercise Interface
FIG. 03

Spatial Exercise Interface

Standalone XR Hardware Configuration
FIG. 04

Standalone XR Hardware Configuration

Kinematic Trajectory & Recovery Evaluation
FIG. 05

Kinematic Trajectory & Recovery Evaluation

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS [2]
20252025 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR 2025)

Towards a Modular XR Platform for Personalized Upper Limb Rehab

Authors: Sambhav Manohar, Mohit Madhu, Chaitanya Anand, Abhijit Patil, Gabriel Zachmann, Himangshu Sarma

2026ACM CHI Extended Abstracts 2026 (CHI EA 2026)

Adaptive Upper-Limb Rehabilitation Exergame in Standalone XR

Authors: Sambhav Manohar, Mohit Madhu, Chaitanya Anand, Himangshu Sarma

RESEARCH TEAM
  • Sambhav Manohar
  • Mohit Madhu
  • Chaitanya Anand
  • Abhijit Patil
  • Gabriel Zachmann
  • Dr. Himangshu Sarma
EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS
  • IEEE ISMAR
  • ACM CHI EA 2026
TECHNOLOGIES
Mixed RealityOptical Hand TrackingMotion TrackingRehabilitation ScienceDual-Loop AdaptationKinematic Tolerance Corridors
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