Investigating the network connectivity requirements for an interactive high-resolution virtual training session

研究交互式高分辨率虚拟培训课程的网络连接要求

• 批准号: 534088-2018
• 负责人: KazemMoussavi, Zahra
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Manitoba
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=655225
• 关键词: Investigating; network; connectivity; requirements; interactive

The proportion of the seniors' population of Canada is projected to increase. This results in an increasing number of persons suffering from physical and cognitive impairments, necessitating a move to a care facility. Statistics Canada reports that more than half a million people live with dementia; this number is increasing at a higher rate than a decade ago. While currently there is no cure for dementia, there is evidence of how to delay the onset of the disease by keeping a brain-healthy life style. This research offers a novel approach through a virtual interactive social environment that has many applications in different fields. The industrial partner of this project, TELUS Communications Inc. is interested in leveraging its core competencies in communication technologies and new product commercialization to bring an innovative virtual connection product for seniors to market. To support the low time latency and high bandwidth requirements of interactive virtual applications TELUS's 5G network will be a great platform for implementation.****The aim of this project is to investigate the requirements for a social interactive virtual reality (VR) environment as the first stage of a larger project, which will be to design a full social VR for cognitive training of seniors in an interactive session remotely. We will start investigating the hardware that is required for connecting an iPad or an Android tablet to a TV monitor along with the software requirement for transferring the screen of the user's (a senior's) device to another user's (a trainer's) screen through Internet. Using one of our research team's developed immersive VR, we will investigate the minimum bandwidth required for smooth transmission of the data. The outcome of this research will be used to develop a prototype through future collaborations with the industrial partner to develop a social VR for training cognitive function of seniors and those with cognitive impairments.****

加拿大老年人口的比例预计将增加。这导致越来越多的人患有身体和认知障碍，需要转移到护理设施。 加拿大统计局报告说，有50多万人患有痴呆症;这一数字的增长速度高于十年前。虽然目前还没有治愈痴呆症的方法，但有证据表明如何通过保持大脑健康的生活方式来延迟疾病的发作。这项研究提供了一种新的方法，通过一个虚拟的互动社会环境，在不同的领域有许多应用。该项目的工业合作伙伴TELUS Communications Inc.有兴趣利用其在通信技术和新产品商业化方面的核心竞争力，为老年人提供创新的虚拟连接产品。为了支持交互式虚拟应用程序的低延迟和高带宽要求，TELUS的5G网络将成为一个很好的实施平台。该项目的目的是调查社交互动虚拟现实（VR）环境的要求，作为一个更大的项目的第一阶段，这将是设计一个完整的社交VR，用于远程互动会话中老年人的认知训练。 我们将开始调查将iPad或Android平板电脑连接到电视显示器所需的硬件，沿着通过互联网将用户（老年人）设备的屏幕传输到另一个用户（教练）屏幕的软件要求。使用我们的研究团队开发的沉浸式VR之一，我们将调查数据平滑传输所需的最小带宽。这项研究的结果将用于通过未来与工业合作伙伴的合作开发原型，以开发用于训练老年人和认知障碍者认知功能的社交VR。