Postural stability predicts the likelihood of cybersickness in active HMD-based virtual reality

Arcioni, Benjamin; Palmisano, Stephen; Apthorp, Deborah; Kim, Juno

doi:10.1016/j.displa.2018.07.001

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“…User characteristics adds another layer of complexity in understanding the relationship between hardware, content and VR sickness. Research on sex and age, have generated mixed findings when it comes to the likelihood of sickness from VR (Cheung and Hofer, 2002;Benoit et al, 2015;Munafo et al, 2017;Arcioni et al, 2018). In reference to age, physiological differences over the lifespan (i.e., visual, vestibular senses) (Bermúdez Rey et al, 2016) may influence the occurrence of VR sickness and symptom profiles.…”

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Factors Associated With Virtual Reality Sickness in Head-Mounted Displays: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Saredakis

Szpak

Birckhead

et al. 2020

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Factors Associated With Virtual Reality Sickness in Head-Mounted Displays: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Saredakis

Szpak

Birckhead

et al. 2020

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

359

231

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“…User characteristics adds another layer of complexity in understanding the relationship between hardware, content and VR sickness. Research on sex and age, have generated mixed findings when it comes to the likelihood of sickness from VR (Arcioni, Palmisano, Apthorp, & Kim, 2018;Benoit et al, 2015;Cheung & Hofer, 2002;Munafo, Diedrick, & Stoffregen, 2017). In reference to age, physiological differences over the lifespan (i.e.…”

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Factors associated with virtual reality sickness in head-mounted displays: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Saredakis¹,

Szpak²,

Birckhead³

et al. 2019

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The use of head-mounted displays (HMD) for virtual reality (VR) application-based purposes including therapy, rehabilitation, and training is increasing. Despite advancements in VR technologies, many users still experience sickness symptoms. VR sickness may be influenced by technological differences within HMDs such as resolution and refresh rate, however VR content also plays a significant role. The primary objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine the literature on HMD’s that report Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ) scores to determine the impact of content. User factors associated with VR sickness were also examined. A systematic search was conducted according to PRISMA guidelines. Fifty-five articles met inclusion criteria, representing 3,016 participants (mean age range 19.5-80; 41% female). Findings show gaming content recorded the highest total SSQ mean 34.26 (95%CI 29.57-38.95). VR sickness profiles were also influenced by visual stimulation, locomotion and exposure times. Older samples (mean age ≥35 years) scored significantly lower total SSQ means than younger samples, however these findings are based on a small evidence base as a limited number of studies included older users. No sex differences were found. Across all types of content, the pooled total SSQ mean was relatively high 28.00 (95%CI 24.66-31.35) compared with recommended SSQ cut-off scores. These findings are of relevance for informing future research and the application of VR in different contexts.

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“…In relation to this study, exposure to a moving field of vision in patients with unilateral labyrinthopathy led to nausea earlier and more often than in a group of healthy people and less than in the group with bilateral labyrinthopathy [28], which may make this group vulnerable to cybersickness. Also, this group likely includes people with postural instability, so a study of healthy people with individual differences in spontaneous postural instability showed greater vulnerability to cybersickness [29]. However, there are no studies on the side effects of VR on users with vestibulopathy, as there are no studies on the safety of Behavioural Neurology VR experiences to persons with certain diseases, and, accordingly, there are no recommendations.…”

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Too Real to Be Virtual: Autonomic and EEG Responses to Extreme Stress Scenarios in Virtual Reality

Fadeev

Smirnov

Zhigalova³

et al. 2020

Behavioural Neurology

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The evolution of virtual reality (VR) technologies requires setting boundaries of its use. In this study, 3 female participants were experiencing VR scenarios with stressful content and their activity of the autonomic nervous system and EEG were recorded. It has been discovered that virtual reality can evoke acute stress reactions accompanied by activation of the sympathetic nervous system and a decrease in the activity of the parasympathetic nervous system. The high-stress response is accompanied by a decrease in the power of the EEG, and, on the contrary, the activation of the avoidance reaction is accompanied by an increase in the power of the EEG alpha waves. Therefore, the use of stressful VR content can cause high emotional stress to a user and restrictions should be considered.

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Postural stability predicts the likelihood of cybersickness in active HMD-based virtual reality

Cited by 102 publications

References 68 publications

Factors Associated With Virtual Reality Sickness in Head-Mounted Displays: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Factors Associated With Virtual Reality Sickness in Head-Mounted Displays: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Factors associated with virtual reality sickness in head-mounted displays: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Too Real to Be Virtual: Autonomic and EEG Responses to Extreme Stress Scenarios in Virtual Reality

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