Augmented, Alternate and Virtual Realities in Education

Virtual reality is being used to help people with dementia revisit their past.

A virtual reality app aims to provide a sense of what it is like to live with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.

First developed to rehabilitate wounded Israeli soldiers, the virtual reality CAREN machine has also helped hundreds of injured Chinese earthquake victims to take their first steps to recovery.

Now those with dementia in northern England have begun test-driving the same revolutionary rehabilitation system to help with their condition – throwing them into a futuristic world where they can fight sharks, drive high-speed cars and try downhill skiing.