Is it possible to use highly realistic virtual reality in the elderly? A feasibility study with image-based rendering.

Background: Virtual reality (VR) opens up a vast number of possibilities in many domains of therapy. The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate the acceptability for elderly subjects of a VR experience using the image-based rendering virtual environment (IBVE) approach and secondly to test the hypothesis that visual cues using VR may enhance the generation of autobiographical memories.

Methods: Eighteen healthy volunteers (mean age 68.

Perception of Perspective Distortions in Image-Based Rendering.

Image-based rendering (IBR) creates realistic images by enriching simple geometries with photographs, e.g., mapping the photograph of a building façade onto a plane.