Virtual reality (VR) may provide nutrition instructors and dietitians with an engaging and exciting way to deliver important lessons on healthy eating, according to a team of Pennsylvania State University researchers.
In their study, published in Frontiers in Computer Science, participants used a virtual knife to slice food items and virtual hands to grab and arrange foods. Results showed that both interactive VR lessons and just watching and listening to instructions in a VR environment were effective teaching methods and could be scaled to reach a wider audience than what can be achieved with one-on-one in-person meetings.
The ability of a simulated 3D environment to induce a feeling that a person is in a body that is inhabiting an actual space may allow for improved learning and establishing some important food principles—including portion control—through virtual reality nutrition.
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