Secretariat, Alumni Association, IDAC
Date	Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 15:00～16:00
Room	６F seminar room, Smart Aging Building, IDAC
Title	Promoting Physical Activity for Elderly People with Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR).
Speaker	Professor. Jérôme DINET
Affiliation	Psychology and Neuroscience lab, Université de Lorraine, France
Organizer	Kawashima Ryuta (Department of functional brain imaging・ext 7988) Nouchi Rui (Department of cognitive health science・ext 8952)
Abstract	Physical and social activities should be included in an efficient e-coaching for older adults and immersive virtual reality (IVR) is efficient if behavioral changes are transferred to the real physical world. In an experiment con-ducted with 42 older adults (63-85 years-old), participants were asked to interact with a specific immersive virtual reality (IVR) daily for 4 months in their homes, at least 15 minutes per day. Results demonstrate several positive impacts related to the use of the IVR (decrease of weight, decrease of waist circumference, number of steps outside) even if the time spent to use this IVR system decreases. So, the transfer from the IVR to the real world is very encouraging.