A Cost-Effective Virtual Environment for Simulating and Training Powered Wheelchairs Manoeuvres

Christopher Headleand; Thomas Day; Serban Pop; Panagiotis D. Ritsos; Nigel John

doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-625-5-134

A Cost-Effective Virtual Environment for Simulating and Training Powered Wheelchairs Manoeuvres

Christopher Headleand, Thomas Day, Serban Pop, Panagiotis D. Ritsos, Nigel John

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Control of a powered wheelchair is often not intuitive, making training of new users a challenging and sometimes hazardous task. Collisions, due to a lack of experience can result in injury for the user and other individuals. By conducting training activities in virtual reality (VR), we can potentially improve driving skills whilst avoiding the risks inherent to the real world. However, until recently VR technology has been expensive and limited the commercial feasibility of a general training solution. We describe Wheelchair-Rift, a cost effective prototype simulator that makes use of the Oculus Rift head mounted display and the Leap Motion hand tracking device. It has been assessed for face validity by a panel of experts from a local Posture and Mobility Service. Initial results augur well for our cost-effective training solution.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Medicine meets virtual reality 22
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of NextMed/MMVR22
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	134-141
ISBN (Print)	978-1-61499-624-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-625-5-134
Publication status	Published - Apr 2016

Publication series

Name	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Publisher	IOS Press
Volume	220
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)	1879-8365

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A Cost-Effective Virtual Environment for Simulating and Training Powered Wheelchairs Manoeuvres. / Headleand, Christopher; Day, Thomas; Pop, Serban et al.
Medicine meets virtual reality 22: Proceedings of NextMed/MMVR22. IOS Press, 2016. p. 134-141 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 220).

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