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Exploring the Design of Tailored Virtual Reality Experiences for People with Dementia
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Despite indications that recreational virtual reality (VR) experiences could be beneficial for people with dementia, this area remains unexplored in contrast to the body of work on neurological rehabilitation through VR in dementia. With recreational VR applications coming to the market for dementia, we must consider how VR experiences for people with dementia can be sensitively designed to provide comfortable and enriching experiences. Working with seven participants from a local dementia care charity, we outline some of the opportunities and challenges inherent to the design and use of VR experiences with people with dementia and their carers through an inductive thematic analysis. We also provide a series of future directions for work in VR and dementia: 1) careful physical design, 2) making room for sharing, 3) utilizing all senses, 4) personalization, and 5) ensuring the active inclusion of the person with dementia.
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- Authors
- Hodge, J., Balaam, M., Hastings, S., & Morrissey, K.
- Affiliations
- Newcastle University (GB)
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE)
- Silverline Memories, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2018-04-21
- Pages
- 1-13
- OpenAlex
- W2796222635
- Cited by
- 150
- References
- 59
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- 12.91
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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- CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity) (cc-by)
- Funders
- EPSRC (EP/M023001/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Keywords
- virtual reality, dementia, user-centered design, caregivers, personalization, multisensory design, experience sharing, inclusion, dementia care, physical design
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