Monday, June 25, 2018

CORE Debuts CORE Knowledge Game at ARVO 2018

By Nick Guadagnino

With thousands of attendees swarming the exhibit hall at ARVO 2018, the Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) unveiled CORE Knowledge, the ultimate digital eye science game.

The concept for the game is simple: CORE Knowledge presents players with a range of rapid-fire, multiple choice questions covering multiple basic and clinical ocular research topics. Points are tallied as participants race the clock, tapping the digital gamepads to correctly answer as many questions as possible before time runs out. During gameplay, when the correct and incorrect answers are revealed, a CORE logo appears next to results in which the organization played a role.

Attendees at the ARVO conference

“As we created hundreds of questions for the first edition of CORE Knowledge, it really hit home how much influence and impact we’ve had in advancing the state of ocular science during the past three decades,” said Lyndon Jones, PhD, FCOptom, FAAO, FBCLA, CORE’s director. “That progress could not have been possible without our collaborators from academia and industry, and this game is a way of celebrating how far we’ve come in understanding the wonders and potential of the eye.”

In addition to on-site play in Honolulu, CORE Knowledge is also available for online play, using tablets, laptops and other mobile devices.* Researchers, students, clinicians and others in the ophthalmology and optometry fields can simply visit COREKnowledgeGame.org, register with a few keystrokes, and take on peers around the globe.

In addition to launching CORE Knowledge, CORE shared various aspects of its research during the conference with three posters, with topics including Sjogren’s Syndrome, daily disposable contact lenses, and corneal wound repair and healing. It was a busy few days at ARVO 2018, but the CORE team represented the University of Waterloo with pride. For the latest news for CORE, follow them on Facebook and Twitter at COREeyenews.

* Online gameplay available with most browsers. Any issues can usually be addressed by using a different browser version or an alternative browser from another developer.