Vection and cybersickness generated by head-and-display motion in the Oculus Rift

Palmisano, Stephen; Mursic, Rebecca A.; Kim, Juno

doi:10.1016/j.displa.2016.11.001

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“…While others have identified a positive association between vection strength and motion sickness (Hettinger et al, 1990;Hettinger & Riccio, 1992), our results complement other work that has identified a negative relationship between CS and vection susceptibility as measured by magnitude ratings (Palmisano et al, 2017). Although these authors suggested that the negative relationship they found was an artefact of their experimental design, our results constitute a replication of this effect in different settings, suggesting the relationship may be a reliable one.…”

Section: Vectionsupporting

confidence: 87%

“…The balance data were used to conduct recurrence quantification analysis, a non-linear measure for balance control. Other studies are unclear with respect to trial durations (e.g., Palmisano et al, 2017). In addition, although our measure of CS (ΔCS) is different to most other studies, due to the high correlation between ΔCS and SSQ scores for the nauseogenic VR content used in our experiment (r = .95), we do not consider it likely that this accounts for the difference in results.…”

Section: Balance Controlmentioning

confidence: 67%

“…We found that the sway in response to vection stimuli had the strongest predictive power for CS among all measures collected here, being that these data strongly loaded onto the two most important PCs in the regression model (1 and 6). This result presents the possibility of using sway responses to vection as a simple predictive tool for individual susceptibility to CS while avoiding nauseogenic conditions entirely (we note however that similar vection stimuli can produce motion sickness in wide field-of-view conditions; Palmisano et al, 2018Palmisano et al, , 2017.…”

Section: Vectionmentioning

confidence: 90%

“…It is possible that measures of vection (visually-induced perception of self-motion; Dichgans & Brandt, 1978) during visually-simulated self-motion could reveal correlated differences in CS and visual self-motion sensitivity. Although some have characterized the effect of vection-inducing stimuli on vection ratings and postural sway (Berthoz et al, 1979;Palmisano et al, 2014) and shown that strong vection predicts high simulator and motion sickness (Hettinger et al, 1990;Hettinger & Riccio, 1992; for a review, see Keshavarz et al, 2015), others have reported a negative relationship between vection and CS (Palmisano et al, 2017), or no relationship (Palmisano et al, 2018). The agreed consensus appears to be that the relationship is highly complex and requires further examination (Keshavarz et al, 2015;Palmisano et al, 2017) with more advanced analysis techniques.…”

Section: Visual Motion Perception and Vectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Estimating the sensorimotor components of cybersickness

Weech

Varghese

Barnett‐Cowan

2018

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The user base of the virtual reality (VR) medium is growing, and many of these users will experience cybersickness. Accounting for the vast inter-individual variability in cybersickness forms a pivotal step in solving the issue. Most studies of cybersickness focus on a single factor (e.g., balance, sex, vection), while other contributors are overlooked. Here, we characterize the complex relationship between cybersickness and several indices of sensorimotor processing. In a single session, we conducted a battery of tests of balance control, vection responses, and vestibular sensitivity to self-motion. A principal components regression model, primarily composed of balance control measures during vection, significantly predicted 37% of the variability in cybersickness measures. We observed strong, inverse associations between measures of sway and cybersickness. The results reiterate that the relationship between balance control and cybersickness is anything but straightforward. We discuss other factors that may account for the remaining variance in cybersickness.

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Section: Vectionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Balance Controlmentioning

confidence: 67%

Section: Vectionmentioning

confidence: 90%

Section: Visual Motion Perception and Vectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Estimating the sensorimotor components of cybersickness

Weech

Varghese

Barnett‐Cowan

2018

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“…Passive self-motion in VR is a key trigger for these conflicts, where the visual flow produced by viewpoint movement is unaccompanied by, or incongruent with, the expected vestibular and proprioceptive cues that typically emerge during self-motion. Equally, physical movement of the observer can be met with unexpected visual flow cues in some VR applications, with similar nauseogenic results (Palmisano et al, 2017;Stanney & Hash, 1998).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Narrative and Gaming Experience Interact to Affect Presence and Cybersickness in Virtual Reality

Weech

Kenny

Lenizky

et al. 2019

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Research has established a link between presence and cybersickness in virtual environments, but there is significant disagreement regarding the directionality of the relationship (positive or negative) between the two factors, and if the relationship is modulated by other top-down influences. Several studies have revealed a negative association between the factors, highlighting the prospect that manipulating one factor might affect the other. Here we examined if a top-down factor (narrative context) enhances presence, and whether this effect is associated with a decrease in cybersickness. We analyzed the association between responses to questionnaire measures of cybersickness and presence, as well as the degree to which their relationship was affected by the administration of an 'enriched' or 'minimal' verbal narrative context. The results of the first experiment, conducted in a controlled laboratory environment, revealed that enriched narrative was associated with increased presence, but that the reductive effect of narrative on cybersickness depended on video gaming experience. We also observed the expected negative association between presence and cybersickness, but only in the enriched narrative group. In a second experiment, conducted with a diverse sample at a public museum, we confirmed our previous finding that presence and cybersickness are negatively correlated, specifically when participants experienced an enriched narrative. We also confirmed the interaction between narrative and gaming experience with respect to cybersickness. These results highlight the complexity of the presence-cybersickness relationship, and confirm that both factors can be modulated in a beneficial manner for virtual reality users by means of top-down interventions.

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