Augmented Reality Application Development About Nutrition for the Elderly

Each year increases the number of the elderly around the world, and, in this prospect, new challenges come up, both in relation to culture as in health. The misinformation is one of leading causes that contributes for an inappropriate nutrition between the elderly. The educational material plays a large role in raising awareness to adopt a healthy diet. In this way, the aim of this paper is to present the development and application process of an augmented reality application about nutrition for the elderly. The methodology adopted in this research is divided in four stages: research, development, evaluation and results analysis. In this paper, the first two stages of the methodology are emphasized. The results present the development process of a digital educational material aimed at the elderly, which uses the augmented reality technology. Therefore, the application might complement the learning of the elderly about nutrition in a playful, dynamic, and interactive way.