Effects of Physical Driving Experience on Body Movement and Motion Sickness During Virtual Driving

Chang, Chih Hui; Chen, Fu Chen; Kung, Wei Ching; Stoffregen, Thomas A.

doi:10.3357/amhp.4893.2017

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“…This might explain why experienced pilots were found to be more prone to SS than student pilots [ 44 , 45 ]. In contrast, some studies comparing experienced and inexperienced drivers failed to observe more severe symptoms in the former group [ 46 ] but did note its higher simulation dropout rates [ 47 ]. Generally, driving simulations might be expected to help participants adapt to unpleasant conditions and make them less prone to SS.…”

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“…At the same time, relatively few studies have explored such participant-related factors as participants’ experiences. When they have, they usually focused on the effect of either repeated participation in simulations [ 26 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 ] or length of real-life driving experience [ 41 , 46 , 47 ]. In addition, current research on driving-related SS/MS/CS tends to use fixed-base simulations [ 24 , 32 , 34 , 46 , 47 ], which offer fewer motion cues than real-motion ones.…”

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Exploring the Participant-Related Determinants of Simulator Sickness in a Physical Motion Car Rollover Simulation as Measured by the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire

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Bilski

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IJERPH

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Physical motion driving simulators serve as a valuable research and training tool. Since many simulator participants suffer from simulator sickness (SS), we aimed to gain a better understanding of participant-related variables that may influence its incidence and severity. The study involved a 2-min mobile-platform car rollover simulation conducted in a group of 100 healthy adult participants. SS was measured with the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire immediately before and after the simulation. We investigated how the symptomatology of SS varies with gender, as well as with participants’ previous experiences such as extra driving training or car accidents. Although many SS symptoms occurred already before the simulation, all the symptoms except burping had a significantly greater incidence and severity after the simulation. Before the simulation, men reported disorientation symptoms more often than women, while participants with prior experiences of extra driving training or car accidents scored significantly higher in three out of four Questionnaire components: nausea symptoms, oculomotor symptoms, and the total score. The study offers interesting insights into associations between SS and prior experiences observed by means of high-fidelity real-motion simulations. More research is needed to determine the nature of these associations and their potential usefulness, for example, in helping accident survivors to cope with the distressing or even potentially disabling psychological consequences of accidents.

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Exploring the Participant-Related Determinants of Simulator Sickness in a Physical Motion Car Rollover Simulation as Measured by the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire

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“…Using this method, researchers have identified postural precursors of visually induced motion sickness in laboratory devices (e.g., Stoffregen et al, 2010;Koslucher et al, 2014Koslucher et al, , 2016aLi et al, 2018;Walter et al, 2019), in desktop virtual environments (e.g., Stoffregen et al, 2008Stoffregen et al, , 2017Dong et al, 2011;Chang et al, 2017), in handheld devices (Stoffregen et al, 2014), in projection video systems (e.g., Villard et al, 2008;Palmisano et al, 2018), and in HMDs (e.g., Merhi et al, 2007).…”

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“…Postural activity typically changes over time during exposure to virtual environments, and postural precursors of motion sickness often vary as a function of exposure duration (e.g., Dong et al, 2011;Chang et al, 2017;Stoffregen et al, 2017). Following these studies, we separated data on postural kinematics into three non-overlapping Time Windows, which allowed us to evaluate possible changes in postural activity as a function of exposure duration.…”

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Postural Activity During Use of a Head-Mounted Display: Sex Differences in the “Driver–Passenger” Effect

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Motion sickness is common in virtual environments. The risk of motion sickness varies widely between individuals and across situations. The subjective experience of motion sickness often is preceded by distinctive patterns of movement in the control of head and body posture. Previous research has documented reliable sex differences in the kinematics of postural activity, as well as reliable differences in postural activity between participants who were in control of a virtual vehicle and participants who were not. We asked whether postural precursors of motion sickness would simultaneously be influenced by individual and situational factors. We analyzed movement of the head and torso while seated participants were exposed to a driving video game presented through a head-mounted display. Half of the participants were women, and half were men. Using a yoked-control design, half of the participants controlled the virtual vehicle (Drivers), whereas half watched previously recorded vehicle trajectories (Passengers). The maximum exposure duration was 15 min, but participants were instructed to discontinue participation immediately if they experienced any symptoms of motion sickness, however mild. We analyzed movement kinematics not only in terms of sex and vehicle control but also in terms of participants who did or did not report motion sickness. Movement differed between Drivers and Passengers, in terms of both the spatial magnitude and multifractality of movement. The spatial magnitude of movement was simultaneously influenced by sex (men vs. women) and vehicle control (Drivers vs. Passengers). In addition, in statistically significant interactions, we identified postural precursors of motion sickness that differed between Drivers and Passengers and, separately, between Drivers and Passengers as a function of sex. The results are consistent with a prediction of the postural instability theory of motion sickness etiology and shed new light on the multifactorial origins of postural precursors of motion sickness in virtual environments.

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“…), it is not the same as traditional motion sickness. For example, people who report symptoms related to VR usage, as measured with the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ), do not necessarily report being motion sick when assessed with a separate direct question on motion sickness (Chang, Chen, Kung, & Stoffregen, 2017; Li et al, 2018; Stoffregen et al, 2008). Therefore, occurrences of cybersickness may be partially due to motion sickness in some cases, but it also has its own unique causes and symptoms that do not share with traditional motion sickness.…”

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Assessing Postural Instability and Cybersickness Through Linear and Angular Displacement

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Objective: To examine the hypothesis that constant speed is more comfortable than variable speed profiles and may minimize cybersickness. Background: Current best practices for virtual reality (VR) content creation suggest keeping any form of acceleration as short and infrequent as possible to mitigate cybersickness. Methods: In Experiment 1, participants experienced repetitions of simulated linear motion, and in Experiment 2, they experienced repetitions of a circular motion. Three speed profiles were tested in each experiment. Each trial lasted 2 min while standing. Cybersickness was measured using the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ) and operationally defined in terms of total severity scores. Postural stability was measured using a Wii Balance Board and operationally defined in terms of center of pressure (COP) path length. Postural measures were decomposed into anterior-posterior and medial-lateral axes and subjected to detrended fluctuation analysis. Results: For both experiments, no significant differences were observed between the three speed profiles in terms of cybersickness or postural stability, and none of the baseline postural measures could predict SSQ scores for the speed profile conditions. An axis effect was observed in both experiments such that normalized COP movement was significantly greater along the anterior-posterior axis than the medial-lateral axis. Conclusion: Results showed no convincing evidence to support the common belief that constant speed is more comfortable than variable speed profiles for scenarios typical of VR applications. Application: The present findings offer guidelines for the design of locomotion techniques involving traversal in VR environments.

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Effects of Physical Driving Experience on Body Movement and Motion Sickness During Virtual Driving

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Exploring the Participant-Related Determinants of Simulator Sickness in a Physical Motion Car Rollover Simulation as Measured by the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire

Exploring the Participant-Related Determinants of Simulator Sickness in a Physical Motion Car Rollover Simulation as Measured by the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire

Postural Activity During Use of a Head-Mounted Display: Sex Differences in the “Driver–Passenger” Effect

Assessing Postural Instability and Cybersickness Through Linear and Angular Displacement

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