A psychologist at the Journal of Pediatric Psychology is using VR to train children in road safety. With the help of a team of computer scientists, Guelph , whose research focuses on childhood injury prevention, designed a programme teaching children how to cross the street using real-life scenarios, such as traversing a two -lane road where there’s a blind curve or what to do when crossing at a point between parked cars. “It’s only in the past few years that they’ve been walking to school on their own and they’ve had to cross a rather busy intersection on their way to school.” A study of two children aged two found that those who had been trained using the program made between 75-98% fewer errors than those who hadn't.
A psychologist at the Journal of Pediatric Psychology is using VR to train children in road safety. With the help of a team of computer scientists, Guelph , whose research focuses on childhood injury prevention, designed a programme teaching children how to cross the street using real-life scenarios, such as traversing a two -lane road where there’s a blind curve or what to do when crossing at a point between parked cars. A study of two children aged two found that those who had been trained using the program made between 75-98% fewer errors than those who hadn't.