Virtual worlds to enhance Ambient-Assisted Living

Author

Cascado, Daniel ; Romero, Salvador Jeúss ; Hors, Santiago ; Brasero, Ángel ; Fernandez-Luque, Luis ; Sevillano, José Luis

Author_Institution

Robot. & Comput. Technol. Lab., Univ. of Seville, Seville, Spain

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010

Firstpage

212

Lastpage

215

Abstract

In this paper we discuss about the integration of Ambient-Assisted Living (AAL) with virtual worlds. The integration of sensors from the AAL environment (e.g. vital signs, motion sensors) in the Virtual World can enhance the provision of in-world eHealth services, such as tele-rehabilitation, and taking advance of the social nature of virtual worlds. An implementation of a virtual world integrated in an AAL environment for tele-rehabilitation is described in this paper. At this time, all of the system´s modules have been developed and we are currently integrating them in a fully functional version. The system will be tested with real users during 2010 in the Sport Medical Unit of The University of Seville. This paper describes the architecture and functionalities of the system.

Keywords

patient rehabilitation; sensors; telemedicine; virtual reality; AAL environment; Virtual Valley; ambient-assisted living; health sensors; medical sensors; motion sensors; tele-rehabilitation; virtual worlds; Cameras; Games; Java; Medical services; Monitoring; Second Life; Sensors; Assisted Living Facilities; Computer Communication Networks; Humans; Information Dissemination; Internet; Monitoring, Physiologic; Self-Help Devices; Software; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Buenos Aires

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4123-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627880

Filename

5627880