The María Cano University Foundation, Neiva headquarters, in cooperation with the Systems Engineering program of the Huila University Corporation, obtains the registration of a software that seeks to revolutionize therapeutic tools for the rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy; This registration was granted this year by the National Copyright Directorate (DNDA), therefore, they are recognized as producers and owners of this software.

The software registered under the name «VIRTUAL REALITY SOFTWARE FOR THE REHABILITATION OF GAIT IN CHILDREN WITH LEVEL I CEREBRAL PALSY», as well as the project had been developed since 2021 with the participation of students, as a degree work modality. With the new tool, in this field, it seeks to contribute to the rehabilitation of children in a more effective way and in terms of functionality for carrying out activities of daily living.

For the development, the C Sharp (C#) programming language was used, which is one of the most used today, the Unity video game engine was also used, with this engine the software could be used on different platforms, this would mean a greater scope and finally all the modeling was done in Maya 3D.

The authors who made this new software possible are:

• Piedad Rocío Lerma Castaño, Physiotherapist – María Cano University Foundation
• José Miguel Llanos Mosquera, Systems Engineer – University Corporation of Huila
• Álvaro Hernán Alarcón López, Systems Engineer – Huila University Corporation
• Tomás Octavio Rodríguez Herrera, Systems Engineer – Huila University Corporation
• Santiago Borrero Suarez, Systems Engineer – University Corporation of Huila

In this sense, María Cano continues to ratify her commitment to society based on the institutional principles of respect, fairness, excellence, leadership, transparency and responsibility; as well as the work articulated with other universities in the region for the benefit of the entire community that will be impacted, in a positive way, with this work that is the result of careful investigative work.

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