26 Jan New Pharaon publication: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality as Driver Tools for Promoting Cognitive Activity and Avoid Isolation in Ageing Population
In this work, the Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR) technologies are presented as candidate tools for promoting cognitive and physical activity and for avoiding social isolation in ageing population. The work includes a desk-research, focused on the software/hardware solutions, innovations and challenges. An experimental study in ageing population has been conducted to get preliminary results about the benefits and drawbacks of these technologies for elderly. The positive feedback received open the door to extend the study with specific key performance indicators (KPIs) that can help to better measure the improvements of cognitive and physical activity through continuous training, and e.g. to study the benefits on ageing population with specific impairments or degenerative diseases like dementia, Parkinson or Alzheimer.
Gómez-Gómez M.V., Bueno-Delgado M.V., Albaladejo-Pérez C., Koch V. (2021) Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality as Driver Tools for Promoting Cognitive Activity and Avoid Isolation in Ageing Population. In: Pires I.M., Spinsante S., Zdravevski E., Lameski P. (eds) Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good. GOODTECHS 2021. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 401. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91421-9_15