Is it possible to use highly realistic virtual reality in the elderly? A feasibility study with image-based rendering

• Published in: Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment Vol. 11; no. default; pp. 557 - 563
• Main Authors: Robert, Philippe, Benoit, Michel, Rachid, Guerchouche, Pierre-David, Petit, Emmanuelle, Chapoulie, Valeria, Manera, Chaurasia, Gaurav, George, Drettakis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2015; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Dove Press; Dove Medical Press
• Series: Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
• Subjects: Adaptation; Age; Aged; Alzheimer's disease; Apathy; Care and treatment; Cognitive ability; Cognitive science; Cognitive Sciences; Computer Science; Dementia; elderly; Feasibility studies; Graphics; Health aspects; image-based rendering; immersive environment; Life Sciences; Memory; Motion sickness; Neurons and Cognition; Older people; Original Research; Patients; Population; Psychiatry; Psychology; Realism; Rehabilitation; reminiscence therapy; Semantics; Stroke; Virtual reality; virtual reality; memory; reminiscence therapy; immersive environment; elderly; image-based rendering

Virtual reality (VR) opens up a vast number of possibilities in many domains of therapy. The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate the acceptability for elderly subjects of a VR experience using the image-based rendering virtual environment (IBVE) approach and secondly to test the h...