Supporting Optimal Aging through the Innovative Use of Virtual Reality Technology

Although virtual reality (VR) technology has been implemented as a tool to address the health issues of older adults, its applicability to social connectedness is underrepresented in the literature, and less is known about its efficacy in this area in contributing to overall wellness and well-being in later life. Expanding the VR possibilities beyond traditional entertainment purposes holds considerable potential for the older adult market. Technological tools have been employed in the elder health care field for many years, and cutting-edge developments such as virtual and augmented reality have begun to be used to facilitate optimal wellness in aging. Such technological advances have the potential to significantly impact one of the most important issues that older people face: social isolation and loneliness. This paper will serve as an introductory exploration of what is currently known about the use of virtual reality technology with an older cohort.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Multimodal Technologies and Interaction

• Publication date

  2017-09-28

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Computer Science, Engineering

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3390/MTI1040023
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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