Virtual Reality Therapy for the Psychological Well-being of Palliative Care Patients in Hong Kong
2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct)(2022)
摘要
In this paper we introduce novel Virtual Reality (VR) and Aug-mented Reality (AR) treatments to improve the psychological well being of patients in palliative care, based on interviews with a clin-ical psychologist who has successfully implemented VR assisted interventions on palliative care patients in the Hong Kong hospital system. Our VR and AR assisted interventions are adaptations of traditional palliative care therapies which simultaneously facilitate patients communication with family and friends while isolated in hospital due to physical weakness and COVID-19 related restrictions. The first system we propose is a networked, metaverse platform for palliative care patients to create customized virtual environments with therapists, family and friends which function as immersive and collaborative versions of ‘life review’ and ‘reminiscence therapy’. The second proposed system will investigate the use of Mixed Real-ity telepresence and haptic touch in an AR environment, which will allow palliative care patients to physically feel friends and family in a virtual space, adding to the sense of presence and immersion in that environment.
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Applied computing-Health Informatics,Human-centered computing-Virtual reality
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