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http://dx.doi.org/10.22156/CS4SMB.2018.8.6.123

Implementation of Traveling Contents for Elderly Patients using Virtual Reality and Photon Network  

Im, Soo-Bin (School of Information & Communication, Semyung University)
Cho, Myeon-Gyun (School of Information & Communication, Semyung University)
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Journal of Convergence for Information Technology / v.8, no.6, 2018 , pp. 123-128 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, the number of elderly people residing in nursing homes has increased rapidly due to the increase in the elderly population and the introduction of long-term care insurance. These long-term care patients suffer from chronic illnesses and dementia, and thus suffer from inconveniences or lack of cognitive ability. Thus, psychological and emotional support is urgent because they are depressed away from their families. Therefore, in this paper, we aim to provide a virtual experience of overseas trips by using VR and Photon networks for elderly patients with mobility difficulties. Existing VR-based travel experience service is doing alone, but the proposed contents can enjoy the scenery together with the view of the family member as well as the conversation during the travel experience. It is expected that the elderly patients with long - term care will be able to restore their psychological stability and improve their willingness to heal and improve their quality of life from the proposed application.
Keywords
Virtual Reality; Photon Network; Long-term care patient; Travel experience contents; Patient emotional care;
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