Ageing Bodies, Embodied Interactions and Social Inclusion

该项目旨在设计和研究创新技术，以便在行动不便的老年人之间建立有意义的社会联系。参加社会活动的老年人受益于更好的福祉，但高龄老年人往往无法进入社会团体，特别是生活在农村地区的老年人。新兴技术，如深度相机和身体跟踪，可用于通过化身增强有限的身体运动。这些可以在虚拟社区中体现，以促进社会包容。这一项目的预期成果是一项新技术，利用全身互动和代表性的化身来改善农村和城市环境中老年人的社会包容性。

This project aims to design and investigate innovative technologies to establish meaningful social connections between older people who are constrained by limited mobility. Older adults who participate in social activities benefit from enhanced wellbeing, but social groups are often inaccessible for those in advanced old age, especially if living in rural areas. Emerging technologies, such as depth cameras and body tracking, can be used to augment limited bodily movement via avatars. These can be represented in virtual communities to foster social inclusion. The expected outcome of this project is a new technology that uses whole-body interactions and representational avatars to improve social inclusion for older adults in rural and urban settings.