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Aging and Sensory Substitution in a Virtual Navigation Task.

S Levy-Tzedek^1,2, S Maidenbaum³, A Amedi^3,4,5

¹Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Department of Physical Therapy, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

|March 24, 2016

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Older adults face greater challenges navigating virtual environments using auditory cues compared to visual ones. This study highlights age-related declines in virtual navigation performance, particularly with sound-based feedback.

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Area of Science:

Human-Computer Interaction
Virtual Reality (VR)
Gerontology

Background:

Virtual environments are increasingly used across various sectors, including entertainment, training, and rehabilitation.
Technologies are emerging to enhance accessibility for visually impaired users in virtual environments using auditory cues.
The impact of aging on the ability to interpret auditory cues for virtual navigation remains understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the effects of age and sensory modality (visual vs. auditory) on virtual maze navigation performance.
To assess the influence of a rotating room on spatial orientation and navigation within virtual environments.
To determine potential interactions between age, sensory feedback, and environmental rotation.

Main Methods:

A virtual maze navigation experiment was conducted with 29 participants.
Participants navigated using either visual or auditory cues.
The experiment incorporated a rotating room to introduce spatial bias.

Main Results:

Navigation with auditory cues resulted in longer completion times, increased path length, more pauses, and greater wall collisions compared to visual cues.
Older participants exhibited longer completion times, more pauses, and more wall collisions than younger participants.
Room rotation did not significantly affect performance, nor were there significant interactions between age, modality, and rotation.

Conclusions:

A decline in virtual navigation performance is associated with increasing age.
While auditory-based navigation in virtual environments is feasible for older adults, it presents significantly more challenges than visual navigation.
Future research should explore strategies to mitigate age-related challenges in auditory virtual environment navigation.