Open AccessOcupational therapy using Virtual Reality
Author(s) -
José Rodrigues,
Paulo Menezes,
María Teresa Restivo
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5753/svr_estendido.2020.12961
Subject(s) - headset , virtual reality , computer science , human–computer interaction , bittorrent tracker , virtual machine , simple (philosophy) , optical head mounted display , simulation , artificial intelligence , eye tracking , operating system , telecommunications , philosophy , epistemology
This work describes a system for occupational therapy based on a traditional pedal system instrumented with a simple sensor for providing the rotating speed value and Oculus Rift headset and their hand trackers all to be used interactively with a Virtual Reality application. A virtual city is used as the environment to be explored by the user. The present level of development is described as well as the types of stimulations it allows, some project decisions and how to implement the evaluation of user’s performance.