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VIRTUAL ADVENTURES MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE Innovative Perth home care provider Community Vision is using VR to help clients re-engage with the world.
Regina and Leo Dixon say Leo’s virtual reality experiences have brightened their lives.
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rom flying in a hot air balloon to deep sea diving, Leo Dixon has explored the sky and the sea, loving and living some unique experiences.
Leo and his wife Regina are enthusiastic participants in a new virtual reality (VR) world that is being opened up across Perth by innovative home care provider Community Vision.
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“It is beautiful, it is unreal,” says Leo. “The undersea adventure was a good one, watching all the little fishes around me and the whales and dolphins. “The balloon experience was also amazing. I have never been up in a hot air balloon before and I felt like I was in dreamland.” Leo lives with dementia and he and his family find the VR experience stimulates his mind, lowers stress levels and lights up his memory.
