What does it feel like to forget where you are and why you're at a place — in other words, what is it like to experience the symptoms of dementia?
Silver Wood Corp., operator of a housing complex for elderly people, has developed a virtual reality video that allows people to experience what it feels like to have dementia in hopes it will increase understanding of the illness.
In October, 20 students from Keio University watched three short VR videos at Ginmokusei, one such housing complex for the elderly in the city of Funabashi, in Chiba Prefecture.