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The Use of VR for Creating Therapeutic Environments for the Health and Wellbeing of Military Personnel, Their Families and Their Communities

A military lifestyle can have profound impacts on an individual’s health and wellbeing. Increasingly, new technologies such as the creation of Virtual Reality (VR) are being explored as bridging mechanisms to provide ‘space’ and to aid with other therapies. The overarching research programme investigates the therapeutic and social qualities of landscape and how these can be translated into an immersive virtual environment. There is a specific focus regarding immersive VR environments and how these could be used as a tool to promote positive health, wellbeing, and social connection within the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF).

Autor / Author: McIntosh, Jacqueline; Rodgers, Maria; Marques, Bruno; Gibbard, Alysha
Institution / Institution: Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington/New Zealand; Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington/New Zealand; Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington/New Zealand; Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington/New Zealand
Seitenzahl / Pages: 10
Sprache / Language: Englisch
Veröffentlichung / Publication: JoDLA − Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 4-2019
Tagung / Conference: Digital Landscape Architecture 2019 – Landscape: Informed by Science, Shaped by Design
Veranstaltungsort, -datum / Venue, Date: Anhalt University, Dessau, Germany 22-05-19 - 25-05-19
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Keywords (en): Virtual reality, therapeutic landscapes, landscape architecture, military
Paper review type: Full Paper Review
DOI: doi:10.14627/537663020
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