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Virtual Reality-Based Simulation of Age-Related Visual Deficiencies: Implementation and Evaluation in the Design Process

Authors : Christina Zavlanou, Andreas Lanitis

Published in: Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Age-related changes significantly affect elderly users’ interaction with specific products and services. Nevertheless, the challenges experienced by elderly users are difficult to be perceived and understood, especially by younger people. Inspired by the concept of aging suits, we propose a Virtual Reality-based approach, where age-related visual impairments are simulated in virtual environments. The aim is to provide an approximation of the experience of viewing and interacting with a product, from the perspective of elderly persons with specific age-related visual problems. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is examined through an experiment involving package design evaluation. The experimental results demonstrate that Virtual Reality can play an important role on understanding the challenges that elderly users face, thus support the design of elderly-friendly products.

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Metadata
Title
Virtual Reality-Based Simulation of Age-Related Visual Deficiencies: Implementation and Evaluation in the Design Process
Authors
Christina Zavlanou
Andreas Lanitis
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-25628-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-25629-6

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25629-6_41