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Dementia is on the rise as our population ages and it is still untreatable. Our global society is changing but so is our technological landscape. Virtual Reality has been around for a while but it has not been widely adopted within the general healthcare sector, never mind for niche use cases, that is until now…
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Lee, S. (2019). A Showcase of Medical, Therapeutic and Pastime Uses of Virtual Reality (VR) and How (VR) Is Impacting the Dementia Sector. In: Rea, P. (eds) Biomedical Visualisation . Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1156. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19385-0_10
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