Research On The New Media Entertainment System For Older Users

The problem of aging population is affecting people life more and more in our country when the 21st century comes, it has been a serious matter which society has to face. The large number of aging adult, speedy process of aging population and lack of caring for the elderly all cause the elderly tend to feel lonely and helpless. Meanwhile empty nest phenomenon has a pernicious influence on the psychological health of the elderly which has been extensively concerned by society. The new media based on digital technology provides a way to solve this problem. The development of virtual reality technology let the elderly get spiritual comfort through the virtual space which is constructed by new media technology, thus it can ease the lonely elderly feeling. So this article will explore to design the new media entertainment system.This article combines with the knowledge of human-machine engineering, virtual reality technology, psychology, and image-sound digital processing to design the new media entertainment system for the elderly. While it adopts literature method, comparative induction and statistics analysis method to analysis physiological and psychological characteristics of the elderly as well as the advantages of new media in alternative entertained the elderly. Summarize the principles of universal design via analyzing psychological and physiological characteristics of the elderly. Then construct the new media entertainment system model for older users and design the instance of new media entertainment systems with audio-visual interactive function in this framework. And then research the operational mechanism of the mode from various ways to ensure the normal operation of this system.This paper applies the new media digital technology to design entertainment system for older users, hoping to have a positive effect on solving the psychological problems of the elderly which brought by Chinese social rapid aging. This paper studies the space and value in older users where new media entertainment system is applied, and so to extend the application of new media technology in the elderly. Provide certain reference for new media entertainment product to develop the entertainment market for age, and promote the new media technology in the entertainment market for age. At last this paper discusses the way how to solve the problem of spiritual consolation for the elderly in China.