The global shortages of nurses require a closer look at why nursing students stop in the later years of their degree programme. The purpose of this study is to explore nursing students' experiences and reasons that lead to this late dropout. Semi-structured interviews were held in 2017 with eleven former …

Strukton Rail wants to try new training methods for their employees by creating a virtual reality simulation where the workers can practice in a safe environment. Strukton employees have to do maintenance work in heights in the rail track. Besides the risks related to the actual job of working in heights, …

Dit onderzoek richt zich op de ervaringen met Virtual Reality bij complexe echtscheidingen. Bij de VR-empathietraining worden de ‘vechtende’ ouders ondergedompeld in de beleving van het kind, dat getuige is van hun ruzies. Het doel is dat ouders zich verplaatsen in de gevoelens en gedachten van hun kind(eren) …

Strukton Rail is interested in facilitating training and increasing employee safety awareness through a VR simulation. In this paper it is discussed in how far audio can be used in order to increase the immersion of the simulation. Besides the well-known means of spatial audio, there are other means …

This graduation thesis details an attempt at raising awareness, among a defined target audience, for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life under water, by means of a virtual reality escape room (VRER).   In order to reach the goal of raising awareness a concept was developed revolving …

As Strukton Rail faces absence under employees that work on railroad construction sites, a change must be made. Part of this absence is caused by occupational accidents. With modern-day technology, Strukton Rail would like to explore the possibilities of a virtual reality training simulator to increase …

Sustainability has become an important blueprint to achieve a better future for all, and as part of this process, nations are called to accelerate an energy transition towards clean energy solutions. However, an often-neglected pillar is educating individuals on the benefits and challenges of energy …

Claustrofobie treedt vaak op bij personen die een MRI-onderzoek (magnetic resonance imaging) moeten ondergaan. De smalle en lange tunnel, de herrie en het stilliggen zijn factoren die claustrofobie veroorzaken. Onderzoek toont aan dat 35% van de patiënten claustrofobische reacties ervaart tijdens een …

Verschillende studies hebben aangetoond dat mindfulness een positieve invloed heeft op een burn-out. Mindfulness bij burn-out is soms echter lastig te bereiken. Dit komt omdat mensen vast zitten in het negatieve denken en handelen. Deze negatieve gedachtes kunnen mensen belemmeren om mindful te worden. In …

Schön describes the way a designer engages with their materials as a “conversation”. In clothing design this typically involves tangible and situated actions such as draping, ripping, and cutting—actions that evoke responses from the fabric at hand. Dynamic fabrics—surface- changing fabrics that combine …