Gaming Is Huge. And It's Important To Understand It.
In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, children and adolescents are increasingly engaging with online gaming platforms. While gaming offers entertainment and social interaction, it also presents significant challenges to cybersecuity, mental health and digital well-being. Recent studies have highlighted the prevalence of online threats, with reports indicating that 65% of children aged 8 to 12 have been contacted by strangers online, exposing them to potential harm.
  • Impact on
    Mental Health
  • Behavioral and Social Effects
  • Cognitive
    Development
  • Addiction and
    Distraction
Valvur is at the forefront of integrating advanced technologies to safeguard young gamers. To stay ahead of the risks, we strive to innovate. And we believe that the best way to innovate - is to cooperate with researchers that care about the rising risks online.
We invite research institutions and government bodies to collaborate with us to:
  • Enhance Understanding
    Utilise our technology to gain deeper insights into the cybersecurity challenges and digital well-being issues faced by children in gaming environments.
  • Conduct Studies and Pilots
    Co-create evidence-based strategies and tools to mitigate risks and promote healthy digital habits among young users.
  • Enhance Public Policy
    Provide data-driven insights to policymakers on managing youth mental health and digital wellbeing topics in connection to cybersecurity threats.
We Connect Gaming and Esports With Mental Health and Digital Wellbeing.
The world is rapidly changing and to adopt to new realities it's crucial to anticipate what the technologies can bring to people. Our vision is to connect gamers, parents with researchers and technology providers and game developers. Below you can few of the ideas, that we have for the further development. This list is just an example and we are happy to discuss about other topics, that you deem interesting for the further development.
AI-Driven Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in Gaming Environments
  • Objective: Evaluate the potential of integrating AI-driven CBT tools within gaming platforms to mitigate the mental health challenges associated with online gaming, such as anxiety, depression, and cyberbullying trauma.
  • Methodology: Leverage AI chatbots or virtual companions to provide real-time interventions and emotional support during gaming sessions.
  • Potential Outcomes: Development of personalised mental health tools that blend seamlessly with gaming, promoting resilience and digital well-being.
Digital Avatars as Tools for Social and Emotional Development
  • Objective: Investigate how AI-generated avatars can support social-emotional learning (SEL) and conflict resolution in multiplayer gaming.
  • Methodology: Design experiments where players interact with empathetic AI avatars programmed to teach emotional regulation and collaboration.
  • Potential Outcomes: Enhanced interpersonal skills among youth, reducing toxic behaviors in gaming communities.Cyberbullying in online gaming is not just an individual issue—it often becomes a group problem, where players can gang up on others, leading to social exclusion and harassment. The anonymity of players in multiplayer environments allows cyberbullying to occur more easily, and these group dynamics can amplify the emotional damage for victims, making them feel isolated or targeted by multiple players simultaneously.
Impact of Gamified Cybersecurity Training on Adolescent Behaviour
  • Objective: Examine the effectiveness of gamified cybersecurity training modules in improving safe online practices among children and adolescents.
  • Methodology: Implement training sessions using immersive, interactive games that teach cybersecurity concepts and analyze behavioral changes over time.
  • Potential Outcomes: Increased digital literacy and reduced vulnerability to online threats like phishing and data breaches.
Virtual Reality (VR) Therapy for Gaming Addiction
  • Objective: Explore the use of VR environments for therapeutic interventions targeting gaming addiction and its psychological effects.
  • Methodology: Create VR scenarios simulating real-world consequences of gaming addiction and measure their impact on users' self-awareness and behavior.
  • Potential Outcomes: A novel VR-based therapeutic framework that helps players develop healthier gaming habits.
Deep tech AI-Powered Predictive Models for Mental Health Monitoring in Gamers
  • Objective: Develop predictive models using AI to identify early signs of mental health deterioration in gamers based on behavioral and interaction data.
  • Methodology: Use machine learning to analyze in-game behaviors, communication patterns, and response times to detect signs of stress, depression, or anxiety.
  • Potential Outcomes: A proactive mental health monitoring system for gaming platforms, enabling timely interventions.
AI Companions as Mental Health Support in Gaming Communities
Objective: Implement AI-driven chatbots to provide real-time mental health support, focusing on stress management, peer connectivity, and crisis response.
Methodology: Train chatbots using NLP and machine learning on mental health and gaming datasets to identify emotional distress in user communication. Integrate the chatbots into gaming platforms, enabling proactive interventions, coping suggestions, and referrals to mental health professionals.
Potential Outcomes: Improved accessibility to mental health resources for gamers, reduced stigma in seeking help, and a supportive gaming environment fostering positive community engagement.
Why Us:
Unique Approach and Background
Holistic Approach
We work with various stakeholders and our outreach is not limited to kids. This approach allows to form 360 degrees understanding of the process.
Are you conducting research of other scientific activities around gaming, digital well-being or mental health? Let's collaborate!
We are looking for different options of cooperations and happy to build meaningful cooperation. Please share with us preliminary information about you and let's discuss possible cooperation.
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Knowledge Hub: Free Tools & Insights
We work closely with cybersecurity experts and psychologists to develop unique content and recommendations. Current Help Center is available to everyone for free in test regime
We are creating dedicated SLM (small language models) trained to help stakeholders.
* - Currently available in test regime using external service, third-party subscription may be required
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Valvur is a Gaming Security Layer, Addressing Cyberthreats like Cybersecurity and Cyberbullying in Gaming and Esports.

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