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Company Information:
Name:
Breakaway, Ltd.
Address:
10150 York Road
Suite 250
Hunt Valley, MD
Suite 250
Hunt Valley, MD
Located in HUBZone:
No
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
Phone:
(410) 316-9207
Award Totals:
Award List:
Advanced Equipment Maintenance Training Using Revolutionary Video Game Technology
Award Year / Program / Phase:
2006 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency / Branch:
DOD / NAVY
Principal Investigator:
Lucien Parsons, Director of Platform Prod
Award Amount:
$69,405.00
Abstract:
Much web-based training that has been used by the military requires the trainee to grind through pages full of text while using common webpage controls. The result has proven to be largely unchallenging and uninteresting training that provides a questionable level of memory retention. This… More
GameSAT: Game-Based Situational Awareness and Telepresence
Award Year / Program / Phase:
2010 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency:
NASA
Principal Investigator:
Andrew House, Principal Investigator
Award Amount:
$99,958.00
Abstract:
We propose that a virtual environment is necessary to allow NASA robot engineers and operators to study rover design concepts, develop user interfaces and focus on providing the highest possible level of situational awareness and telepresence possible. The two main areas of research for this virtual… More
Virtual Responder: Blended Reality for Teaching STEM Education and EMT Skills
Award Year / Program / Phase:
2012 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency:
DOD
Principal Investigator:
Jennifer McNamara, Vice President, BreakAway, Ltd. – (410) 316-9693
Award Amount:
$99,826.00
Abstract:
Our approach is to use the vHealthCare platform to present First Responder training scenarios through a game, Virtual Responder, designed to teach medical diagnostics and procedures. This mobile application will initially be developed for deployment on an Android tablet with a long-term goal of also… More