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Sea Hero Quest Spatial Navigation Dataset for Alzheimer's dementia

Population Size

4,300,000

People

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Years

2016 - 2019

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

Worldwide

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Lead time

1-2 weeks

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Summary

Sea Hero Quest, a mobile game designed to aid dementia research, generated an unprecedented dataset of human spatial navigation behaviour. This study analysed the anonymous navigation data collected from over 4 million players globally, focusing on the patterns and variations in route planning and execution within the game's virtual environments.

The dataset offers a unique opportunity to investigate the cognitive processes underlying spatial awareness and decision-making at a population scale.

DOI for dataset

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.28847324

Documentation

Sea Hero Quest® is a registered trademark of GLITCHERS LTD.

The future of Alzheimer’s disease can be preventable with early intervention. Sea Hero Quest is capable of spotting the earliest signs of spatial navigation decline by comparing individuals to the 4.3m data benchmark.

Spatial performance is a powerful early indicator for many neurodegenerative diseases. We offer this tool and data set by the HDR UK platform to help turbo-charge research projects and help discover powerful new ways for early identification, prevention and detection.

Find out more about Sea Hero Quest at glitchers.com. Sea Hero Quest is also available in conjunction with the Celest workbench as a commercial application for continuous monitoring. Please contact support@glitchers.com for pricing information.

The rest of this document is designed to outline the benchmark data.

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset population size

4300000

Associated media

https://archive.org/embed/sea-hero-quest-data-overview

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Persons

Navigation data focused on the patterns and variations in route planning and execution within the game's virtual environments.

4300000

Player Data

02 May 2016

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection

Study, Other

Source of data extraction

Other, Machine generated

Collection source setting

Home

Patient pathway description

No follow-up

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Details

Publishing frequency

Static

Version

1.0.0

Modified

14/03/2025

Distribution release date

14/03/2025

Citation Requirements

"The data for this research was generated by the Sea Hero Quest App - a project/initiative of Deutsche Telekom." "This data is credited to Glitchers Limited."

Coverage

Start date

03/05/2016

End date

31/12/2019

Time lag

Not applicable

Geographic coverage

Worldwide

Minimum age range

18

Maximum age range

90

Follow-up

Other

Dataset completeness

https://glitchers.com

Accessibility

Language

en

Alignment with standardised data models

OTHER

Controlled vocabulary

OTHER

Format

json

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Available

Access rights

Preamble

The licence is intended to facilitate the sharing and use of the Sea Quest Hero database for research purposes.

Definitions

  • Database: The Sea Quest Hero data to which this license applies.
  • Contents: The data within the database.
  • Licensor: Glitchers Limited
  • You: The individual or entity using the database.

License Grant

  1. Use: You are free to use the Database for any non-commercial medical research purpose (Purpose).
  2. Modify: You may modify the Database
, including creating derivative databases,

for the Purpose.

Conditions

  1. Attribution: You must attribute the original creator(s) of the Database. The required attribution statements are:
    • "The data for this research was generated by the Sea Hero Quest App - a project/initiative of Deutsche Telekom."
    • "This data is credited to Glitchers Limited."
  2. Notice: You must keep intact all copyright notices in the database.
  3. Non-Commercial Use: The Database and any derivative databases may only be used for the Purpose. Without limiting the foregoing any commercial use is prohibited.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

The Database is provided "as is

, " without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. The Licensor makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the Database. In no event shall the Licensor be liable for any claim, damages, or other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort, or otherwise, arising from, out of,

or in connection with the Database or the use or other dealings in the database. This includes

, but is not limited to, any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages such as loss of data, business interruption,

or loss of profits.

Availability

The Licensor has no obligation to continue making the Database available. The Licensor may cease distribution or remove access to the Database at any time without notice.

Termination

  1. Automatic Termination: Your rights under this license will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with its terms.
  2. Discretionary Termination: The Licensor reserves the right to terminate this license at their discretion
, upon providing written notice to You. Upon termination, You must cease all use and distribution of the Database and any derivative databases.

Time to dataset access

1-2 weeks

Access request cost

No cost for non-commercial purposes. There are commercial options available. Please contact support@glitchers.com

Access method category

Varies based on project

Access service description

You will be provided documentation on access request being granted.

Jurisdiction

UK

Data use limitation

Not for profit use,General research use

Data use requirements

Not for profit use,Publication required,Return to database or resource

Data Controller

GLITCHERS

Data Processor

GLITCHERS

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Dataset Sub-types: Cognitive function

Collection Sources: Home

Publications about this dataset

Global Determinants of Navigation Ability.Coutrot A, Silva R, Manley E, de Cothi W, Sami S, ...

Current biology : CB

Published - 2018

Virtual navigation tested on a mobile app is predictive of real-world wayfinding navigation performa...Coutrot A, Schmidt S, Coutrot L, Pittman J, Hong L...

PloS one

Published - 2019

Toward personalized cognitive diagnostics of at-genetic-risk Alzheimer's disease.Coughlan G, Coutrot A, Khondoker M, Minihane AM, S...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Published - 2019

Entropy of city street networks linked to future spatial navigation ability.Coutrot A, Manley E, Goodroe S, Gahnstrom C, Filom...

Nature

Published - 2022

Test-retest reliability of spatial navigation in adults at-risk of Alzheimer's disease.Coughlan G, Puthusseryppady V, Lowry E, Gillings R...

PloS one

Published - 2020

Explaining World-Wide Variation in Navigation Ability from Millions of People: Citizen Science Proje...Spiers HJ, Coutrot A, Hornberger M.

Topics in cognitive science

Published - 2023

How the environment shapes our ability to navigate.Spiers HJ, Coutrot A, Hornberger M.

Clinical and translational medicine

Published - 2022