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Demand Analysis of Agro-Healing Virtual Reality Therapy System Factors Considering the Characteristics of Respondents

응답자 특성을 고려한 가상 치유농장 시스템 개발요인 수요분석

  • Koo, Hee-Dong (Research Institute of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Chungnam Nat'l Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Soo-Jin (Institute of Green Bio Science and Technology, Seoul Nat'l Univ.) ;
  • Bae, Seung-Jong (Institute of Green Bio Science and Technology, Seoul Nat'l Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Dae-Sik (Dept. of Agri. Eng., College of Agri. & Life Sciences, Chungnam Nat'l Univ.)
  • 구희동 (충남대학교 농업과학연구소) ;
  • 김수진 (서울대학교 그린바이오과학기술연구원) ;
  • 배승종 (서울대학교 그린바이오과학기술연구원) ;
  • 김대식 (충남대학교 지역환경토목학과)
  • Received : 2021.11.11
  • Accepted : 2022.02.24
  • Published : 2022.02.28
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Abstract

A Care farm is known to have positive effects on various people in psychological, physical, and social aspects. However, care farm services for the disabled, transportation disadvantaged, and socially disadvantaged are limited. This study conducted a demand survey in order to provide basic data for development of the Agro-Healing Virtual Reality Therapy(AVRT) system. The respondents were the ordinary person(n=127) and the disabled person(n=72), and the survey items consisted of 4 categories and 20 items, including intention to use AVRT, requirements for use, factors to be considered when developing the system, and content and program preferences. The intention to use a AVRT was found to be at a high level of 80% or more by respondent characteristics. In addition, similar results were shown in all items such as virtual reality experience, willingness to use, appropriate use time, and willingness to pay by respondent characteristics, and correlation by item was determined through correlation analysis. As for the conditions of use, both sides preferred rural types and were found to have the purpose of healing. However, there were concerns about dizziness in common between system use, and in the case of the disabled person, there were difficulties in purchasing expensive equipment. In the development of the AVRT system, the part of sensory priority, important technology level, and color preference were evaluated, and the preference of content and programs to be developed in the system was identified. Fruit, vegetables, flowers, and animals preferred mandarin, tomato, tulips, and dogs first, horticultural healing preferred harvest management for the ordinary person, plant cultivation for the disabled person, and forest healing and animal education preferred walking and dog-related programs. However, agricultural work was found to be a program with high preference for making processed foods for the ordinary person and creating an animal breeding environment for the disabled person. The result of this study is expected to provide reference data that can be suggested for the development of Agro-healing Virtual Reality Therapy system.

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본 연구는 농촌진흥청 원예특작과학원 농업정책지원 기술개발 사업의 지원을 받아 수행되었음 (과제번호: PJ0161122021, 과제명: 가상 치유농장 재현·체험 기술 개발)

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