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Melanie Vujkovic

Virtual reality is helping residents with COVID isolation in aged care centres across Queensland

Virtual reality is being integrated in aged care facilities across Queensland and soon Victoria. (Supplied )

Integrating virtual reality into aged care centres — helping residents escape the four walls of their rooms and tick off bucket list items — has been described a "game-changer".

With COVID isolating residents over the past two years, a trial program led by the QUT's Design Lab has been trialled in three aged care centres.

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