Moon Hyuk-June, Han Sungmin
Bionics Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.
Division of Bio-Medical Science & Technology, Korea Institute of Science and Technology School, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.
Brain Sci. 2022 Dec 9;12(12):1692. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12121692.
Since the emergence of Virtual Reality technology, it has been adopted in the field of neurology. While Virtual Reality has contributed to various rehabilitation approaches, its potential advantages, especially in diagnosis, have not yet been fully utilized. Moreover, new tides of the Metaverse are approaching rapidly, which will again boost public and research interest and the importance of immersive Virtual Reality technology. Nevertheless, accessibility to such technology for people with neurological disorders has been critically underexplored. Through this perspective paper, we will briefly look over the current state of the technology in neurological studies and then propose future research directions, which hopefully facilitate beneficial Virtual Reality studies on a wider range of topics in neurology.
自从虚拟现实技术出现以来,它已在神经学领域得到应用。虽然虚拟现实为各种康复方法做出了贡献,但其潜在优势,尤其是在诊断方面,尚未得到充分利用。此外,元宇宙的新潮流正在迅速逼近,这将再次激发公众和研究兴趣以及沉浸式虚拟现实技术的重要性。然而,对于神经疾病患者而言,获得此类技术的机会仍未得到充分探索。通过这篇观点文章,我们将简要审视该技术在神经学研究中的现状,然后提出未来的研究方向,希望能促进在更广泛的神经学主题上开展有益的虚拟现实研究。