GAA players use VR game to learn about their testicles

UCC study uses VR games to increase men’s awareness of testicular diseases, and help them learn how to self-examine

Some 74 players from nine clubs took part in the study led by Mohamad Saab, a senior lecturer and director of graduate studies at UCC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery. File picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

GAA players have used a virtual reality (VR) game with walnuts to help tackle testicular cancer in the first trial of its kind here to promote men’s health.

Some 74 players from nine clubs took part in the University College Cork (UCC) study which has shown how VR games can promote and increase men’s awareness of testicular diseases, and help them to perform more effective self-exams.