Abstract
The aging population in China is revealing the problems of the traditional elderly care system, including demand-supply imbalance, excessive burden of elderly care, and an immature elderly-care system. In this context, artificial intelligence (AI) finds its way into the elderly care industry, ushering a new era of elderly care, building a technical foundation for an AI-based smart elderly care mode that will combine emerging technologies including Internet, big data and virtual reality (VR). However, AI-based smart elderly care is still in the exploration stage. This study intends to use emerging technologies including VR to make up the defects of traditional elderly care systems, alleviate the burden of elderly care, and boost the development of a home-bound smart elderly care mode that is intelligent and economy-efficient.