TY  - CHAP
AU  - Felix Kamieth
AU  - Patrick Dähne
AU  - Reiner Wichert
AU  - Juan Luis Villalar
AU  - Viveca Jimenez-Mixco
AU  - Antonella Arca
AU  - Maria Teresa Arredondo
ED  - Jae-Jin Kim
Y1  - 2011-01-08
PY  - 2011
T1  - Exploring the Potential of Virtual Reality for the Elderly and People with Disabilities
N2  - Technological advancement in graphics and other human motion tracking hardware has promoted pushing "virtual reality" closer to "reality" and thus usage of virtual reality has been extended to various fields. The most typical fields for the application of virtual reality are medicine and engineering. The reviews in this book describe the latest virtual reality-related knowledge in these two fields such as: advanced human-computer interaction and virtual reality technologies, evaluation tools for cognition and behavior, medical and surgical treatment, neuroscience and neuro-rehabilitation, assistant tools for overcoming mental illnesses, educational and industrial uses. In addition, the considerations for virtual worlds in human society are discussed. This book will serve as a state-of-the-art resource for researchers who are interested in developing a beneficial technology for human society.
BT  - Virtual Reality
SP  - Ch. 18
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/13591
DO  - 10.5772/13591
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-23
ER  -