“I am far away and no one comes to visit.”
Marie
87 years old
Isolation, boredom. These factors turn time into agony. For many seniors, this is everyday life.
18.6 million senior citizens suffer from social isolation.
Like other vulnerable older persons, they tend to be invisible.
The research project ZEIT consists of a conglomerate of different institutions and companies and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. ZEIT is an acronym that translates to: “Experience together, participate immersively.”
“I am far away and no one comes to visit.”
“So, what I terribly miss, is travelling!”
“What I really would like to do again is visiting the opera.”
“After talking about the usual stuff, there is an awkward silence.”
“After 10–20 minutes, there is nothing to talk about.”
“I don't really know them, and we seem to have different interests.”
Visiting360° recordings of an opera with up to four family members.
Siting in the crowd, listening to Bach or watching a play. No hassle with parking or issues with barrier free buildings.
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Younger family members 3D-scan objects on, i.e. their travels and send them together with a voice message to be viewed and stored for rainy days.
360°-tour through a city with your loved ones. At the end of the tour, you can play a quiz with all participants in various difficulty levels.
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Soft edges
Curved surfaces
Stretched curves
Few surfaces
Figuring out the scale of dimension between sphere and station
Twisting the sphere inside the station will select the shown VR object
