Research Article
Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality as Driver Tools for Promoting Cognitive Activity and Avoid Isolation in Ageing Population
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-91421-9_15, author={Maria Victoria G\^{o}mez-G\^{o}mez and Mar\^{\i}a Victoria Bueno-Delgado and Cristina Albaladejo-P\^{e}rez and Volker Koch}, title={Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality as Driver Tools for Promoting Cognitive Activity and Avoid Isolation in Ageing Population}, proceedings={Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good. 7th EAI International Conference, GOODTECHS 2021, Virtual Event, September 15--17, 2021, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={GOODTECHS}, year={2022}, month={1}, keywords={Augmented reality Virtual reality Mixed reality Ageing population}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-91421-9_15} }- Maria Victoria Gómez-Gómez
María Victoria Bueno-Delgado
Cristina Albaladejo-Pérez
Volker Koch
Year: 2022
Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality as Driver Tools for Promoting Cognitive Activity and Avoid Isolation in Ageing Population
GOODTECHS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91421-9_15
Abstract
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.
