Semi-automated personalised VR experience for patients with dementia in a secure psychiatric setting

患有严重痴呆症的人通常需要在机构化环境中持续护理。这种情况会对一个人的自主性产生严重的影响，这种束缚感--不能做他们想做的事。这可能是由于他们的位置，在移动性的限制，法律的精神健康行为的限制或与犯罪有关的限制.这个博士课程可以积极提高生活质量的人在这种情况下使用技术，如虚拟现实（VR）.由于许多病人被关在精神病院里，他们无法体验附近的世界，因此，许多病人的行为可能会因为日常生活中的限制而恶化，因为他们对自己能做的事情的控制有限。使用VR向患者展示身临其境的360度视频可以帮助他们的心理健康，并有更大的自主感。捕捉视频如何影响患者行为和参与度的数据可以确定他们对该视频的感受。可以给患者提供各种虚拟环境以供选择，例如异国情调的新地方或过去例行程序中更熟悉的位置。这一切都可以在医院的环境中完成，并可以让病人有一个令人耳目一新的积极体验。

eople with severe dementia often require constant care in institutionalised environment. These sorts of situations can have a heavy impact on someone's autonomy, the feeling of constraint - not being able to do what they want. It may be due to their location, restrictions in mobility, legal mental health act restrictions or offence-related restrictions.This PhD programme can positively improve the quality of life of someone in this situation using technology such as Virtual Reality (VR). Due to many patients being in a locked psychiatric hospital, they are not capable of experiencing the world outside that vicinity, because of this, many patient's behaviour may deteriorate due to the amount of restraints in their daily life at how they have limited control of what they can do. Using VR to show patients immersive 360-video could help their mental wellbeing and have a greater sense of autonomy.Capturing data on how the video affects the behaviour and engagement of the patients can determine how they feel about that video. A variety of virtual environments can be given to the patient to choose from such as exotic new places or more familiar locations from a routine in the past. This all can be completed within the hospital environment under supervision and can allow the patient to have a refreshing positive experience.