The diffusion of virtual reality applications dedicated to aging urges us to appraise its acceptance by target populations, especially the oldest olds. We investigated whether immersive virtual biking, and specifically a visuomotor manipulation aimed at improving visual exploration (augmented gaze), was well accepted by elders living in assisted residences. Twenty participants (mean age 89.8 years, five males) performed three 9 min virtual biking sessions pedalling on a cycle ergometer while wearing a Head-Mounted Display which immersed them inside a 360-degree pre-recorded biking video. In the second and third sessions, the relationship between horizontal head rotation and contingent visual shift was experimentally manipulated (augmented gaze), the visual shift being twice (gain = 2.0) or thrice (gain = 3.0) the amount of head rotation. User experience, motion sickness and visual exploration were measured. We found (i) very high user experience ratings, regardless of the gain; (ii) no effect of gain on motion sickness; and (iii) increased visual exploration (slope = +46%) and decreased head rotation (slope = −18%) with augmented gaze. The improvement in visual exploration capacity, coupled with the lack of intolerance signs, suggests that augmented gaze can be a valuable tool to improve the “visual usability” of certain virtual reality applications for elders, including the oldest olds.


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    Titel :

    Enhancing Visual Exploration through Augmented Gaze:High Acceptance of Immersive Virtual Biking by Oldest Olds


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2023-01-17


    Anmerkungen:

    de'Sperati , C , Dalmasso , V , Moretti , M , Høeg , E R , Baud-Bovy , G , Cozzi , R & Ippolito , J 2023 , ' Enhancing Visual Exploration through Augmented Gaze : High Acceptance of Immersive Virtual Biking by Oldest Olds ' , International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , vol. 20 , no. 3 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031671



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    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



    Klassifikation :

    DDC:    629



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