VR for people with disabilities

Stav0933 · 7 Aug 2021 at 15:52

Hello

I am interested in experiencing virtual reality, however I am paralysed from the shoulders down.

Is it possible to link two headsets together so two people will have the same virtual experience at the same time, but with only one person using the controls?

Any suggestions or information will be appreciated.

Thanks

James

Unseul · 7 Aug 2021 at 15:59

I think that would cause serious motion sickness.

It could be possible to enjoy 3d films etc though, especially if you had someone to help with selection ( i wouldn't be surprised if there were voice controls that could be used in some cases though).

bazzabear · 7 Aug 2021 at 16:03

You wouldn't necessarily need the second person to have a headset too, as long as they didn't mind not getting the full experience. For most games you can have the display mirrored on a monitor, so they'll be able to see in order to make selections and the like.

this may not work very well in terms of gameplay - but if you're just needing someone to select the next experience or similar, it should.

Unseul · 7 Aug 2021 at 16:24

On a very quick check ( and without testing myself), the quest 2 has some degree of voice control.

drakulton · 7 Aug 2021 at 16:25

Oculus do have an experimental voice control feature, but it's only available to users in the US. If may be worth getting in touch with oculus support to see if there's a way round the geographical location issue.

https://support.oculus.com/articles/in-vr-experiences/oculus-features/index-oculus-features/

Where abouts are you in the West Mids?

BigBANGtheory · 8 Aug 2021 at 09:29

Why not just screen mirror to a large monitor and have the 2nd person handle the controls, you handle the head movement? As long as the motion is teleport not smooth that could resolve the obvious motion sickness problem.

Unseul · 8 Aug 2021 at 10:14

BigBANGtheory said:
Why not just screen mirror to a large monitor and have the 2nd person handle the controls, you handle the head movement? As long as the motion is teleport not smooth that could resolve the obvious motion sickness problem.

That's what I was thinking.

melmac · 8 Aug 2021 at 13:24

Have you looked at something like WalkinVR?

WalkinVR - Virtual Reality for People with Disabilities - WalkinVR - Virtual Reality for People with Disabilities (walkinvrdriver.com)

jennidc · 8 Aug 2021 at 13:38

PlayStation vr displays the headset view on TV at the same time. They can be bought very cheaply now although it is starting to show its limitations.

With oculus quest 1 or 2 you can cast to the TV, I have not tried it myself but here is an article on how to set it up.

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-cast-oculus-quest-to-tv

Mr.Cookie · 8 Aug 2021 at 14:30

Voice attack may help as well, it emulates button presses with spoken commands.