Pilot program uses VR platform to test eyesight, screen for Alzheimer’s disease

Pilot program uses VR platform to test eyesight, screen for Alzheimer’s disease

In the recreation room at Eskaton Village in Carmichael, Bonnie Dale, one of the residents, is trying on a virtual reality (VR) headset. A trained operator helps Dale put the device on her head and then places a controller in her hand to help her navigate the device’s program. Dale practices pressing the trigger with her finger and then gets started. Although it looks like Dale is playing a game, the VR platform is checking her eyesight. A virtu…