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Implementation of Traveling Contents for Elderly Patients using Virtual Reality and Photon Network

가상현실과 포톤 네트워크를 이용한 고령 환자용 여행체험 콘텐츠의 구현

  • Im, Soo-Bin (School of Information & Communication, Semyung University) ;
  • Cho, Myeon-Gyun (School of Information & Communication, Semyung University)
  • 임수빈 (세명대학교 정보통신학부) ;
  • 조면균 (세명대학교 정보통신학부)
  • Received : 2018.09.28
  • Accepted : 2018.12.20
  • Published : 2018.12.31
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Abstract

Recently, the number of elderly people residing in nursing homes has increased rapidly due to the increase in the elderly population and the introduction of long-term care insurance. These long-term care patients suffer from chronic illnesses and dementia, and thus suffer from inconveniences or lack of cognitive ability. Thus, psychological and emotional support is urgent because they are depressed away from their families. Therefore, in this paper, we aim to provide a virtual experience of overseas trips by using VR and Photon networks for elderly patients with mobility difficulties. Existing VR-based travel experience service is doing alone, but the proposed contents can enjoy the scenery together with the view of the family member as well as the conversation during the travel experience. It is expected that the elderly patients with long - term care will be able to restore their psychological stability and improve their willingness to heal and improve their quality of life from the proposed application.

최근 고령인구 증가와 장기요양 보험의 도입으로 요양기관에 입주하는 고령 환자의 수가 빠른 속도로 증가하고 있다. 이러한 장기요양 환자들은 만성질환과 치매 등의 질환을 앓고 있어 거동이 불편하거나 인지력이 떨어지는 어려움을 겪을 뿐 아니라, 가족과 떨어져서 우울증에 시달리므로 심리 및 정서적인 지원이 절실하다. 그리하여, 본 논문에서는 거동이 불편한 고령 환자를 위하여 VR과 포톤네트워크를 이용하여 물리적으로 떨어져 있는 가족들과 함께 평소에 가보지 못했던 해외여행 체험을 가상으로 제공하고자 한다. 기존 VR을 이용한 여행체험 서비스는 혼자 체험하는 반면, 제안하는 콘텐츠는 포톤 네트워크를 통해 가족 및 친구들이 네트워크로 참여함으로써 여행 체험 시 대화는 물론 지인들의 옆모습을 보며 함께 경치를 즐길 수 있다. 이를 통하여 고령의 장기 요양환자로 하여금 심리적 안정감을 회복하고 치유의 의지를 높여서 투병생활에서 삶의 질을 높이는데 도움을 줄 것이라 기대한다.

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Fig. 1. Key Features of Photon Network [13]

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Fig. 2. Screen Shot of the VRChat Start Page

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Fig. 3. Device Connection Diagram for VR Traveling

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Fig. 4. Voice Chat using Photon Cloud Voice API

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Fig. 5. Operation Flow-chart of Proposed Contents

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Fig. 6. HW Components of the Proposed System (a)VR Card-board, (b) Smart phone with VR Application, (c) Remote controller (d)Notebook for Review

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Fig. 7. Start Screen of the Proposed VR App. for Smart-phone

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Fig. 8. VR based 360 degree Tour Guide Screen

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Fig. 9. Multi-user Access Screen for VR-based Travel Experience Contents (a) Main Patient’s Perspective (b) One of Family’s Perspective (First son)

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Fig. 10. Screen shot of (a) 3D VR mode versus (b)2D Smart-phone mode

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