Exeter News

Devon charity celebrates 25 years of supporting unpaid carers

Devon Carers, a free service by Westbank Community Health and Care, is this month celebrating 25 years of supporting unpaid carers across the county and is planning several events throughout the coming year as part of its landmark anniversary.  The charity provides a wide range of support services to those who look after family members or friends because they are ill, frail, or have a disability, mental health or substance misuse problem.   Over the last two and a half decades, Westbank’s Devon Carers has grown to be one of the largest charitable organisations in the UK helping adult and young carers; 28,000 adults across the county (excluding Plymouth and Torbay) are currently registered with Devon Carers, and around 2,500 under eighteen-year-olds are registered with Devon Young Carers.  What started as a small group supporting carers locally in Exminster, near Exeter, has expanded to cover Devon from coast to coast. The service continues to grow with thousands of carers joining each year, on average 200 – 300 per month. Andy Hood, Head of Devon Carers says, “There’s been a big increase over the last 25 years in terms of the support services we provide to carers, but we have big ambitions to…

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What Could Apple’s Vision Pro Change in Your Entertainment Lifestyle?

Apple is famous for how it approaches the releases of its new technology. It’s never really the first in the game, but when it does design and release a new product, it swings for the fences. This was the case with the iPhone, the iPad, and EarPods, and now it’s shaping up to repeat with Apple’s new AR headset, the Vision Pro. Illustrating what could be a significant leap up over the competition, the Vision Pro represents immense potential, but how could this potentially affect the way you experience entertainment? What is the Vision Pro? The Vision Pro is what is called an augmented reality (AR) headset. Unlike virtual reality (VR) headsets which display entirely digital landscapes, AR works to overlay real life with digital elements. These elements can take any form imaginable, acting on a spectrum of helpful tools to entirely entertainment-driven creations. We’re looking at the latter, where, as Ars Technica reports, the Vision Pro’s processing power and comfortable form factor place it above the competition. What Could the Vision Pro Do? Basic applications of entertainment systems for the Vision Pro could be a simple replacement for existing screen technology. For example, the Vision…