Omni Assist

Project Type

• The project is a desktop application developed with the Unity game engine.
• It is a gamified rehabilitation application developed for patients with physical problems in their hands and arms.
• The project was supported by TÜBİTAK.

Architecture / System Design

• The architecture consists of two main layers: the desktop application used by patients and the wearable hardware worn on the arm.
• The wearable hardware was developed by another company and produced pressure and movement data in byte array format.
• The hardware transferred this data to the application over a wired connection using the RS-232 serial communication standard.
• The application parsed and transformed the incoming data into meaningful values used as game parameters.
• The Singleton Pattern was used for shared state and object access across game flows.
• Abstract class and interface structures were used to reduce dependencies, avoid repetition, and improve extensibility.

Technologies Used

• Desktop development: C#, Unity, .NET Standard 2.1, Visual Studio
• Hardware communication: Serial Port Communication with COM Port, RS-232
• Data and integration: JSON, REST Services, Postman
• Architecture and performance: Singleton Pattern, Abstract Class, Interface, Multithreading
• Version control and assets: Git, GitLab, SourceTree, GIMP

Key Technical Details and Modules

• Developed dozens of games for different exercise types.
• Integrated the desktop application with REST services.
• Added multi-language support.
• Added multithreading support for operations that should not block gameplay.
• Integrated game modules with the wearable hardware data flow.

Participation and Timeline

• I developed the project independently.
• I took part in the full process from start to finish.
• I worked on the project as a Software Engineer between February 2020 and November 2020.

Project Management / Team Structure

• No separate project management tool was used for this project.
• The project was versioned with Git and stored on the company's GitLab server.
• I developed the project based on feedback from doctors and the company's co-founder.

Personal Contributions and Responsibilities

• Analyzed patient needs based on feedback from the TÜBİTAK reviewer and doctors involved in the project.
• Defined exercise types that patients needed to perform based on these analyses.
• Developed desktop games with Unity according to the identified exercise types.
• Integrated the developed game modules with the wearable hardware.

Deployment Information

• Since the project is a desktop application, it does not have a publicly accessible deployment address.
• During the period I worked on it, the project received successful scores from TÜBİTAK reviewers.
• I do not know whether the company continued the project after I left.