Creative Tech Week

In 2015, Potion installed "Forest Friends", an interactive experience across the Pediatric Radiation Oncology treatment rooms of Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center that activates a magical woodland creatures for young patients, through interactive "windows" located throughout the wing. This installation aims to bring a positive distraction and improve the hospital environment for children and teenagers undergoing radiation treatment for cancer. While Potion is extremely experienced in the area of interactive installations, this is the first time that we were given an opportunity to expand our work into the healthcare space. In this talk, we will discuss the project as well as the larger lessons that we learned, including patient vs user experience, designing for simultaneous age groups, working with medical staff to not impede treatment, and future considerations/improvements.