At Andover Senior Center, A Virtual Reality Cupcake Lesson
Residents at Stone Hill Senior Living Center got a special virtual reality cupcake-making lesson as a Valentine's Day treat Thursday.
The residents strapped on VR goggles, transporting them to Magnolia Bakery in Boston's Faneuil Hall, where they watched a baker give a step-by-step lesson on how to make fancy Valentine's cupcakes.
Then, they got to eat fancy Valentine's Day cupcakes in real life.
It's a project by Somverville-based company Rendever. The company's CEO, Kyle Rand, told WBZ NewsRadio's Madison Rogers they use virtual reality to reduce social isolation in communities like senior centers.
"We actually saw decreases in depression, increases in feelings of trust, and increases in social health, because what happens is, they're experiencing these things together," he said. "They're laughing together, they're smiling together. They take their headsets off, and you have this new connection."
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