University Launches Virtual Reality Headsets to Improve Quality of Life in Aged Care

University Launches Virtual Reality Headsets to Improve Quality of Life in Aged Care
Queensland University of Technology launches virtual reality toolkits for aged care residents. Nan Palmero, CC BY
Marina Zhang
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The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is launching a virtual reality (VR) toolkit titled Transforming Aged Care with Virtual Reality (TACWVR) on May 25, aimed at aged care seniors to give them a “better quality of life.”

“We integrated VR technologies into three Australian aged care facilities to find ways of better socially connecting residents with each other, staff and their families during this [COVID-19] pandemic,” said the lead researcher, Prof. Evonne Miller.
Marina Zhang
Marina Zhang
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Marina Zhang is a health writer for The Epoch Times, based in New York. She mainly covers stories on COVID-19 and the healthcare system and has a bachelors in biomedicine from The University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].
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