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- The implications for VR design
As the virtual reality field continues to expand rapidly, exploring the health impact of virtual reality becomes necessary. Virtual reality is a revolutionary tool and has to potential to eliminate traditional system health impacts such as neck and back pain.
However, our research group demonstrated, two decades ago, challenges in VR-system development arise due to disruption to the perceptual information and guided motor action feedback relationship through the use of the VR headset. This disruption occurs during the process of adaptation causing difficulties that might be particularly problematic for those whose brains are not fully developed, such as children. A call for innovative solutions to revolutionise human-computer interaction is needed.
Read more in a Medium article by Professor Mark Mon-Williams discussing the challenges, opportunities and need for a redesign of virtual reality systems in order to prevent impacts to our health.
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