{"id":10825,"date":"2020-02-27T09:29:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T09:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/?p=10825"},"modified":"2020-02-27T09:33:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T09:33:36","slug":"how-virtual-reality-is-benefiting-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/2020\/02\/27\/how-virtual-reality-is-benefiting-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"How Virtual Reality Is Benefiting Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10826\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2020\/02\/pc1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2020\/02\/pc1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2020\/02\/pc1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2020\/02\/pc1-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\n<p>It\u2019s usually the youth that is associated with cutting-edge technology, but we\u2019re seeing an unlikely group of early adopters emerge\u2014the elderly. Virtual Reality (VR) is being used to better the lives of senior citizens all over the world by reducing loneliness, improving their mental health and transporting them to far-flung places without needing to leave the comfort of their home.<\/p>\n<p>These are some recent examples of the ways immersive technology is having a positive impact on seniors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VR Can Counteract Feelings Of Loneliness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kenta Toshima, a Tokyo researcher, is\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" title=\"http:\/\/blog.insta360.com\/elderly-virtual-reality-travel-is-the-newest-craze-in-japan\/\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.insta360.com\/elderly-virtual-reality-travel-is-the-newest-craze-in-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:http:\/\/blog.insta360.com\/elderly-virtual-reality-travel-is-the-newest-craze-in-japan\/\" aria-label=\"using VR\">using VR<\/a>\u00a0to help nursing home residents visit places from their pasts and tick off locations on their bucket lists. He&#8217;s doing it by capturing made-to-order VR experiences with an 8K 360 camera.<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0-inread\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/solrogers\/2020\/02\/26\/how-virtual-reality-is-benefiting-seniors\/\">READ MORE HERE &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"recirc-container\">\n<div class=\"recirc-title\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s usually the youth that is associated with cutting-edge technology, but we\u2019re seeing an unlikely group of early adopters emerge\u2014the elderly. Virtual Reality (VR) is being used to better the lives of senior citizens all over the world by reducing loneliness, improving their mental health and transporting them to far-flung places without needing to leave&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/2020\/02\/27\/how-virtual-reality-is-benefiting-seniors\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about How Virtual Reality Is Benefiting Seniors<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":525,"featured_media":10826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-virtual-reality"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10825"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10831,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10825\/revisions\/10831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}