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Future PSVR Systems Could Track Early Signs of Alzheimer's
One of the future applications for Sony's PSVR could be the detection of cognitive decline in its players, according to a recently filed patent.
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On March 16, 2023, a patent was published from the Sakai International Patent Office which shows Sony Group Corporation's intent to utilize its PS VR technology as an instrument in diagnostic medicine. Sony seeks to create a "method and computer program product for measuring a level of cognitive decline in a user." According to the patent, the method functions by generating a spatial audio cue from a specific source within a three-dimensionally generated environment, where the user must indicate that source via ocular focus. A second audio cue is then played for the user to determine its originating source, and the time taken by that user to indicate where both sounds had come from within that three-dimensional environment provides healthcare professionals with early indicating signs of dementia.
