Can disabled people live a healthy life with the help of virtual reality?
While many companies are using
virtual reality (VR) as a fun marketing accessory, the technology also has the
potential to enhance and assist the lives of disabled people in recovery,
adventure and more. It can also help organizations understand the experience of
disabled customers further and boost exclusivity. Is there a way you could use
virtual reality within your organization? These examples could stimulate some
creative thinking for you and your team.
1. Virtual reality could be used
to help physically disabled people plan accessible routes around a new town or
tube station, in advance of a trip. This could help increase safety and reduce
anxiety. Developers of shopping centers, etc., can equally use VR to plan their
spaces as inclusively as possible.
2. VR could play a part in
helping the recovery of someone who’s had a stroke, sports injury or vestibule
system issues by improving motor skills and aiding muscle recovery. It‘s been
proven that when someone imagines doing an activity, the relevant parts of the
brain needed to do that movement are stimulated.
3. For those who are physically
disabled, virtual reality (VR) means the potential to try out-of-reach
experiences such as climbing a mountain, skateboarding or swimming in the sea,
perhaps for the first time.
4. There is the potential for
people with particular vision impairments, such as Stargazer's disease (a
reduction in the central detailed vision) to see images more clearly using VR.
This video shows how a woman was able to use Near Sighted VR Augmented Aid to
see her grandchild more clearly, after eight years with limited vision
