Virtual Reality Application to Teach Dangerous Over Exposure to UV Radiation

Edgard Vargas-Solís, Daniel Cárdenas-Salas, Juan Gutierrez-Cardenas, Vilma S. Romero-Romero

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Resumen

The high levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation in Peru constitute a risk for the population, that does not give it the importance that it should and does not take adequate measures to protect against it and to prevent skin injuries. This research aims to educate the general population about the high radiation levels registered in our country. To accomplish this objective, a virtual reality application was developed to visualize real time UV index, the maximum exposition time before getting a sunburn according to the user’s skin type, the potential skin damage, and, lastly, it provides a Solar Protection Factor (SPF) recommendation. To validate the research, a survey was applied to 63 participants, who were mostly between 18 and 24 years old, in two parts: the first part (knowledge segment) was applied before the simulation took place in order to analyze the user’s knowledge level about the subject; and the second part (application segment) measured how valuable the application was in terms of education, usability and appeal. The survey results (p < 0.001) indicate that most of the participants do not know or are indifferent to high UV radiation (knowledge segment), and that the virtual reality application educated the participants about the UV radiation problem (application segment, education component). There is evidence that virtual reality can be an effective method to teach people about a problem, being part of it, and observe the consequences.

Idioma originalInglés
Título de la publicación alojadaProceedings of the Future Technologies Conference, FTC 2020, Volume 3
EditoresKohei Arai, Supriya Kapoor, Rahul Bhatia
EditorialSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Páginas100-112
Número de páginas13
ISBN (versión impresa)9783030630911
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 2021
EventoFuture Technologies Conference, FTC 2020 - San Francisco, Estados Unidos
Duración: 5 nov. 20206 nov. 2020

Serie de la publicación

NombreAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volumen1290
ISSN (versión impresa)2194-5357
ISSN (versión digital)2194-5365

Conferencia

ConferenciaFuture Technologies Conference, FTC 2020
País/TerritorioEstados Unidos
CiudadSan Francisco
Período5/11/206/11/20

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