Feasibility of Utilizing Microsoft HoloLens by People with Parkinson’s Disease

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Feasibility of Utilizing Microsoft HoloLens by People with Parkinson’s Disease

The NRL Lab collaborated with Dr. Akin Beckley and Dr. Sam Rosenberg (Columbia University Medical Center) and Dr. Steven Feiner (Columbia University Engineering Department)  to conduct a feasibility study on the use of the Microsoft HoloLens by people with Parkinson’s Disease.  The Microsoft HoloLens (https://www.microsoft.com/hololens), is a commercially-available augmented reality headset that projects 3D virtual images onto what the person wearing it sees and hears in the real world. This makes it possible for the wearer to interact with 3D models of virtual objects within an unmodified environment such as a home or an office space. The goal of this study was to address the feasibility of this device being used by people with Parkinson’s Disease in the hopes of developing rehabilitative interventions using the Microsoft HoloLens in the future.  

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