“VR movies allow the elderly to experience the world outside of the”
“Virtual reality films are used in a trial in the Stockholm region to people in homes for the elderly will be given greater opportunity to experience the world outside the home.”
“But the responsible head ensures that the technology is not to save money on excursions.”
“One moment, are Anne-Marie Engström, 86, in the room with the green walls on the Enebergs home for the elderly in Norrtälje, sweden. When she threads a couple of grey VR-glasses over the head disappears, she met in Åkersberga outside Stockholm.”
“IN the VR-movie öppningsscen she is sitting at a groaning midsommarbord, then at a bridge, and in the next sequence should the pole be erected. When Anne-Marie Engström related to the head changes the perspective to create the illusion that she is in place.”
“– There are children who dance, and here comes the one with the striped apron. Wreaths on the head, they have all of them. They stand right on my toes, ” she says.”
“It is so realistic that she stretches out hands in the air.”
“– It is incredible. You want to take in them and so they are not left behind. How can it be so here?”
“the Stockholm county council has commissioned several VR movies with the help of a ball-shaped camcorder that records in all directions at the same time, among other things, from a farm in Norrtälje and the Holy Birgitta bönegrotta in Rimbo. The raw materials are cut up and packaged into finished videos, which can then be lent out to four nursing homes and a short-term accommodation to the north of Stockholm in a pilot project where Eneberg included.”
“– We make it here mainly for the patients and the residents in order to contribute to a richer habitat, ” says Eva Bergquist, who is the manager for cultural services in Stockholm county council.”
“– There are a vårdgivande perspective, we know that patients feel better to be in attractive environments.”
“however, It is not intended that the films will replace some trips, according to Eva Bergquist.”
“– The one does not preclude the other, it’s about providing such a rich everyday life as possible for people who find it difficult to get out, ” she says.”
“VR films are also used in a medical centre in Gustavsberg outside Stockholm, to cure agoraphobia.”
“– the Films, let the patient be in a controlled environment, and in dialogue with their doctor, to cancel, extend or intensify the experiences, ” says Eva Bergquist.”
“Emelie Reinvalds, assistant nurse at Eneberg, says that the elderly are mostly positive for the movies.”
“– Some have a hard time getting out, either because they are very sick or have disabilities, ” she says.”
” We have an uncle who watched the movie when they are on the boat, then he said it felt like when he was young and was out on the lake.”
“Anne-Marie Engström takes off his VR-glasses and is suddenly back in the room with the green walls.”
“– Now I have celebrated midsummer!”
“Virtual reality in virtual reality, a technology that allowed the user to feel completely immersed in a virtual world with the help of the so-called VR-glasses.”
“Is available both as computer-generated movies and games, and as footage of the physical reality.”
“is Experienced through the VR-glasses, which consist of a monitor that is worn in a device which is fixed around the head, so that it appears on the screen is the only thing that the user sees.”
“the Picture comes with when the head is rotated to create an illusion that the person is in the room where the film is recorded.”
“Technology has its origins in flight simulators to help pilots to train in realistic environments.”
