It looks like this with dementia. The AR experience was a shock
When you become a party, your perspective will change.
SIGGRAPH, one of the world's largest computer graphics festivals. At the Asian version of SIGGRAPH Asia 2021, I experienced a booth called " Dementia Eyes " where you can experience the perspective of dementia patients with AR. Dementia is dementia.
In Japan, which entered a super-aging society (21% of the total population is 65 years old or older) in 2007, an elderly-first society is one of the important issues. Dementia is an unavoidable problem in an aging society, but isn't it difficult to imagine a real experience of a brain disease, even if you have some knowledge? Unlike a wheelchair, it is not a physical thing, and it cannot be the patient's point of view in the first place.
"Dementia Eyes" is a device that allows you to experience and simulate the general visual symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. It was developed based on the experience and pathology of healthcare professionals who have actually interacted with patients. It is a joint development of Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, EMBODIED MEDIA, MEDIA, and Cybernetic being.
So, when I actually experience AR, it's very difficult to walk ...! The field of view is narrow, the colors and contrasts are not clearly visible, and the depth is difficult to understand. It's also difficult to touch the table nearby ... which makes me want to support the walls and railings ...
Since the field of view is narrow, it is difficult to walk unless you look at your feet. But when I look at my feet, I can hardly see any obstacles in front of me or overhead. It seems that Mr. Richard did not notice the light here, "Well, was it in such a place !?" It's hard to touch this light because it's hard to see the depth.
Also, I tended to take this attitude naturally. The so-called elderly posture, in which the head is pushed forward. I thought this would happen because my legs and hips are bad in this posture, but there seems to be a pattern such as showing my face because I want to see things clearly → the cervical spine and hips warp → the legs and hips are strained .
I'm stepping on the black carpet at my feet, but to my eyes, it looks like a black hole. You can't recognize the fluffy carpet. So I feel like, "What's this black hole, scary!" I'm scared of concrete roads ...
These three-dimensional pictograms also look black. Since thin characters and figures are blurred, this is a problem that universal design should solve.
This time I was looking at the entire booth in advance, so I knew what was there. However, if I had experienced the eyes of dementia in the first place, I think it would have been a very fumbling way of walking. It seems that even actual patients have the opinion that "the hospital I go to for the first time is scary", and I am very convinced now.
According to a person at the booth, "These devices lead to a dementia-friendly society, that is, Dementia Design. If you can actually experience the patient's feelings, it will be easier to put your knowledge into action, and you will notice it. It has been well received and will lead to improvements in hospitals and clinics and behavior. "
If you can imagine, "Does it look like this to people with dementia?", For example, you can see a patient-friendly perspective, such as not putting things that are likely to hit your feet at your feet, or placing a table to touch each room. maybe. It is also the role of technology to help people's imagination.
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