The problem
Cognitive rehabilitation needs structured practice, but everyday tasks are difficult to recreate consistently in busy clinical and community settings.
VR rehabilitation
CorteXR
CorteXR turns everyday rehabilitation tasks into structured VR practice for stroke recovery, developed with the people who understand the pathway.
- Healthcare R&D
- VR rehabilitation
- Co-designed
Problem and solution
VR rehabilitation practice based on daily tasks.
After a stroke, people often need to relearn everyday routines: preparing food, organising steps, navigating tasks and rebuilding confidence. Therapy time is limited, and support can become harder to maintain as people move from hospital into the community.
CorteXR turns those routines into structured VR activities that can be repeated, adapted and discussed with rehabilitation teams. The product focuses on cognitive rehabilitation and activities of daily living, where sequencing, attention and confidence matter as much as simple physical movement.
The work began under the Virtue name and has developed through research, product development, certification activity and real-world evaluation planning. The product is designed to make rehabilitation practice more accessible, measurable and engaging.
The solution
CorteXR creates safe VR activities based on real-world routines, with adjustable difficulty and clear tasks that rehabilitation teams can recognise.
How we worked
The product grew through funded R&D, clinical input, therapist feedback and involvement from stroke survivors and families, under its earlier Virtue name.
Everyday tasks
Practice is built around recognisable routines such as preparing food and organising multi-step activities.
Co-designed
Shaped with stroke clinicians, therapists, researchers and stroke-survivor input.
Product pathway
Developed through funded R&D, certification work and ongoing evaluation.
What the experience includes
Structured practice built around daily life.
- Realistic activities of daily living, including tasks such as preparing food and managing multi-step routines.
- Adjustable difficulty so tasks can be matched to the user's ability and rehabilitation goals.
- Immersive interaction that lets users see and use their hands naturally inside the activity.
- Therapist-facing thinking around observation, progression and practical discussion of performance.
- A product pathway that connects software design, clinical safety, certification and ongoing evaluation.
Trust signals
Built for a real healthcare pathway.
- Co-developed with stroke clinicians, therapists, researchers and stroke-survivor input.
- Built around activities of daily living rather than abstract exercises.
- Developed through a sequence of funded research and product-development projects.
- Moved beyond prototype stage, with Class I medical device certification, UKCA and DCB0129 clinical safety work supporting its real-world route.
- Actively being evaluated in hospital and community rehabilitation settings.
- Public-facing claims are tied to intended use, certification status and ongoing evaluation.
What it shows
VR rehabilitation software for real-world tasks.
CorteXR shows how Nudge Reality translates rehabilitation knowledge into interaction design, working software, documentation inputs and product evaluation.
For organisations exploring healthcare XR, the value is in the combination: user engagement, clinical input, product discipline and a build that can keep improving with the people who understand the setting.