Dallas Innovates: SMU Guildhall to Launch Gaming Tech to Fight Disease

Article Link: SMU Guildhall to Launch Gaming Tech to Fight Disease

SMU Guildhall will celebrate the alpha launch of a new technology that will help fight diseases such as cancer and macular degeneration in an event Thursday.
Called HEWMEN, the technology designed by SMU Guildhall faculty members uses online actions in Minecraft and other games to fight diseases. It is the product of Balanced Media Technology, a company founded by Rob Atkins and Corey Clark, who are both faculty members in the university’s graduate video game development program.