The Megafobia V-armchair Thrill-seeking Experience for Older Audiences – An Artistic Intervention at Age UK Barnet

This demonstration session presents the artistic and experimental explorations of using VR technology and a motion simulator to allow older people to experience the thrill of roller coasters.

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Brendan Walker

Marianne Markowski

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Publication date: July 2017

Publication date (Print): July 2017

Pages: 112-113

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[0001]Middlesex University

London, UK

[0002]University of Greenwich

London, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2017.26

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2017)

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 11 – 13 July 2017

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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[1] E. BarrettB. Bolt 2007 Practice as Research: Approaches to Creative Arts Enquiry. I.B. Tauris

[2] D. J. KimT. MustoeR. A. Clark 2015 Cutaneous wound healing in aging small mammals: A systematic review. Wound Repair and Regeneration ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="DOI:10.1111/wrr.12290">DOI:10.1111/wrr.12290

[3] S. MacLaughlin 2016 Sky-diving Granny celebrates turning 100 with history making jump while raising money for Motor Neurone Disease research Daily Mail Australia 12 June http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3637382/A-100-year-old-great-grandmother-oldest-person-skydive-South-Australia.html 29 March 2017

[4] ONS 2017 Overview of the UK population: March 2017 Office of National Statistics UK

[5] M. Zuckerman 1971 Dimensions of sensation seeking. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 36 45 52

[6] M. Zuckerman 2007 Sensation seeking and risky behavior. Washington, DC American Psychological Association

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