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Future Realities Summit: Kids and XR: Leveling up While Playing It Safe

Kimberly Hieftje  (Co-Director & Co-Founder, XRPeds, Yale)

Asher Marks  (Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Yale University School Of Medicine)

Location: Room 209, South Hall

Date: Tuesday, March 21

Time: 2:10 pm - 2:40 pm

Pass Type: All Access Pass, Summits Pass

Topic: VR/AR

Format: Lecture

Vault Recording: Video

Audience Level: All

Beyond entertainment, young people are utilizing head mounted displays (HDMs) for social, developmental, health, and clinical applications. However, the impact of the long-term use of HDMs in young people are still unknown and research is lacking.

Various issues that remain insufficiently explored include effects on brain development and plasticity, vision, reality differentiation, and vergence-accommodation conflict. Beyond the physical, lie the psychologic impacts these technologies have the power to exert, particularly when social components are considered.

Dr. Kimberly Hieftje and Dr. Asher Marks, co-founders of XRPediatrics (XRPeds) at Yale University will explore the value of XR in the development of clinical applications and behavioral interventions focused on youth and young adults. In addition, they will identify, and describe how to navigate, the safety concerns that must be considered in the development of XR experiences for youth.

Takeaway

Audience members will learn how young people may benefit from the use of XR in health and clinical applications, as well as consider the safety pit falls in creating these immersive experiences.

Intended Audience

This is for anyone interested in developing or implementing immersive XR experiences for young people, including designers, developers, creators, educators, and clinicians. No prerequisite knowledge is necessary for understanding the content of the session.