Virtual Reality Therapy

Edigma was consulted by the Digital Transformation Unit of Santa Casa to help develop a Virtual Reality pilot project to provide senior citizens with immersive experiences around the world. Virtual Reality is believed to be beneficial to the older adults due to its immersive interaction capabilities.

At this case, older adults living in Quinta Alegre a selected ERPIs – Residential Structures for the Elderly in Lisbon were given opportunities to experience a Virtual Reality system with contents such as travel in Paris or Rio de Janeiro and cultural experiences like a concert in Finland.

Sector
Health

Client
SCML

Location
Lisbon

Year
2021

Sector
Health

Client
SCML

Location
Lisbon

Year
2021

Sector
Saúde

Cliente
SCML

Localização
Lisboa

Ano
2021

Edigma was consulted by the Digital Transformation Unit of Santa Casa to help develop a Virtual Reality pilot project to provide senior citizens with immersive experiences around the world. Virtual Reality is believed to be beneficial to the older adults due to its immersive interaction capabilities.

At this case, older adults living in Quinta Alegre a selected ERPIs – Residential Structures for the Elderly in Lisbon were given opportunities to experience a Virtual Reality system with contents such as travel in Paris or Rio de Janeiro and cultural experiences like a concert in Finland.

Improving Well-Being.

The goal of this project is to look at the impact of the Virtual Reality experience on older adults’ social and emotional well-being. By introducing older adults to immersive virtual experiences, this project aims to test possibilities for reducing social isolation and improving emotional well-being.

“”We also saw chances of having targeted content, depending on the user, and going to get specific memories of that person: place where he grew up, where he married or where his children grew up,” says Ilda Marcelino, head of the Digital Transformation Unit of Santa Casa.

There is a whole wealth of hypotheses that virtual reality allows and that Santa Casa wants to explore, through time travel that awaken memories.

“We also saw chances of having targeted content, depending on the user, and going to get specific memories of that person: place where he grew up, where he married or where his children grew up,” says Ilda Marcelino, head of the Digital Transformation Unit of Santa Casa.

There is a whole wealth of hypotheses that virtual reality allows and that Santa Casa wants to explore, through time travel that awaken memories.

“Também vimos oportunidades de ter conteúdo direcionado, dependendo do utilizador, e de conseguir memórias específicas dessa pessoa: lugar onde ela cresceu, onde se casou ou onde seus filhos cresceram”, diz Ilda Marcelino, chefe da Unidade de Transformação Digital da Santa Casa.

São inúmeras as hipóteses que a realidade virtual permite e que a Santa Casa quer explorar, através de viagens no tempo que despertam memórias.