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  • Exploring the design of social VR experiences with older adults

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    Author(s)
    Baker, S
    Waycott, J
    Carrasco, R
    Hoang, T
    Vetere, F
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Baker, Steven
    Year published
    2019
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    Abstract
    Thereisgrowing interestintechnologies that allow older adults to socialise across geographic boundaries. Anemerging technologyinthis spaceis social virtual reality (VR). Inthis paper we reporton aseriesofparticipatory design workshops that involved extended in-depth collaboration with22 older adults (aged 70-81), that aimedtounderstand their viewsonthe typesofsocial VR experiences that they sawasbeingofvaluetoolder adults. This process culminatedinareminiscence-based socialVRconcept. Our study identifies: participants' ideas about the types of social VR experiences they found appealing; the potential for social VR asapowerful ...
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    Thereisgrowing interestintechnologies that allow older adults to socialise across geographic boundaries. Anemerging technologyinthis spaceis social virtual reality (VR). Inthis paper we reporton aseriesofparticipatory design workshops that involved extended in-depth collaboration with22 older adults (aged 70-81), that aimedtounderstand their viewsonthe typesofsocial VR experiences that they sawasbeingofvaluetoolder adults. This process culminatedinareminiscence-based socialVRconcept. Our study identifies: participants' ideas about the types of social VR experiences they found appealing; the potential for social VR asapowerful reminiscence tool; how socialVRmightbeused asatooltochallenge ageing stereotypes and promote healthy ageing. Reflectingonthe design process, wediscuss how the diverse participant groups and the complexities involvedinme-diating between designers, the technical team, and participants could inform future design work.
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    Conference Title
    DIS '19: Proceedings of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1145/3322276.3322361
    Copyright Statement
    © ACM, 2019. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in CHI '19: Proceedings of the DIS '19: Proceedings of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference, ISBN: 978-1-4503-5850-7, https://doi.org/10.1145/3322276.3322361
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    Sociology
    Human Geography
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/402256
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