About SOMAREALITY
- Founders: Adrian Brodesser, Michel Varilek
- Founded: 2019
- Employees: 16
- Donation: –
- End goal: provide insights on adaptive learning, medical diagnostics, and surveillance.
Training courses and assessments conducted through virtual reality. But how do educational institutions and hospitals determine if their VR training is the right fit for their end users? Soma rarity, based in Austria, develops sensor-based digital biomarkers such as eye trackers that provide insights about users for adaptive learning and cognitive insight.In this article start of the dayDirector of Strategic Partnerships, Julia Kern, discusses the company’s performance.
Please tell us why you decided to focus on eye tracking.
“It’s an objective way of measuring what’s going on in a person. Eyes give us insight into many cognitive and neurological processes. It is very helpful in. When someone is doing a training session, are they relaxed? It’s one of the most accurate markers to show.Knowing all this allows us to tailor our training to the needs of our users.In this way, people will learn the environment of the digital space in the best possible way. , can be observed and experienced.”
What stage is SOMA currently in?
“We are currently licensing our first product, a proprietary cognitive load algorithm, to customers and research facilities around the world. We are raising money in a seed round to become
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Who are your customers?
“So far, we have worked with, for example, the Medical University of Vienna, the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, etc. to apply cognitive load to medical training simulations. , or mental health treatments (for example, treating anxiety disorders or addictive disorders), but we also cater to industries outside of healthcare whenever the use case has value.
What is one of your biggest milestones so far?
“I think it’s really cool that we already have a finished product that can be easily implemented in different types of VR experiences and that can provide real value to our partners in different industries. I think it’s just the beginning.”
Also, have you faced any challenges?
“Of course there are a lot of them, just like in any other industry. You need to understand how to interact or adapt to your particular setting (e.g. medtech industry), but sit down with your customers to really understand their unique market dynamics, regulations, limitations and possibilities When we can, it’s always a pleasure to find solutions and blaze new trails together.”
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
“Our ultimate goal is to understand human behavior and gain cognitive insights on a daily basis in different areas. It’s a hugely underappreciated means of doing things, and the potential use cases are endless.The word “impact” is overused in every company and written in every article. But we really want to make a difference and help people understand themselves and their cognitive processes better. It’s not in And that is our ultimate goal. ”
