A Virtual Nose as a Rest-Frame - The Impact on Simulator Sickness and Game Experience

Wienrich, Carolin; Weidner, Christine Katharina; Schatto, Celina; Obremski, David; Israel, Johann Habakuk

doi:10.1109/vs-games.2018.8493408

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“…Numerous potential solutions to CS have been discussed, e.g., a virtual nose (Whittinghill et al 2015;Wienrich et al 2018) or motion sickness medication (Chen et al 2015). Many previous studies suggest different methods to reduce the discrepancy between virtual and real movements, such as restricting movement to instantaneous locomotion (Christou and Aristidou 2017), manipulating the limited physical VR space with acoustic redirected walking (Nogalski and Fohl 2016), or extrapolating and filtering head movements (Garcia-Agundez et al 2017).…”

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Cybersickness in current-generation virtual reality head-mounted displays: systematic review and outlook

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Cybersickness (CS) is a term used to refer to symptoms, such as nausea, headache, and dizziness that users experience during or after virtual reality immersion. Initially discovered in flight simulators, commercial virtual reality (VR) head-mounted displays (HMD) of the current generation also seem to cause CS, albeit in a different manner and severity. The goal of this work is to summarize recent literature on CS with modern HMDs, to determine the specificities and profile of immersive VR-caused CS, and to provide an outlook for future research areas. A systematic review was performed on the databases IEEE Xplore, PubMed, ACM, and Scopus from 2013 to 2019 and 49 publications were selected. A summarized text states how different VR HMDs impact CS, how the nature of movement in VR HMDs contributes to CS, and how we can use biosensors to detect CS. The results of the meta-analysis show that although current-generation VR HMDs cause significantly less CS ($$p<0.001$$ p < 0.001 ), some symptoms remain as intense. Further results show that the nature of movement and, in particular, sensory mismatch as well as perceived motion have been the leading cause of CS. We suggest an outlook on future research, including the use of galvanic skin response to evaluate CS in combination with the golden standard (Simulator Sickness Questionnaire, SSQ) as well as an update on the subjective evaluation scores of the SSQ.

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Cybersickness in current-generation virtual reality head-mounted displays: systematic review and outlook

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“…The UEQ is used to measure the user experience of interactive products and gives insights into more complex aspects of user experience. For assessing user experience, the Game Experience Questionnaire (GEQ) [ 13 ] was also utilized in some previous studies in VR [ 14 , 15 ]. The GEQ is widely applied by game researchers to a broad spectrum of game genres.…”

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Suitability and Comparison of Questionnaires Assessing Virtual Reality-Induced Symptoms and Effects and User Experience in Virtual Environments

Somrak

Pogačnik

Guna

2021

Sensors

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Although virtual reality (VR) has already achieved technological maturity, there are still some significant drawbacks for technology acceptance and broader user adoption, presenting research challenges. Thus, there is a need for standard, reliable, and quick assessment tools for Virtual Reality-Induced Symptoms and Effects (VRISE) and user experience in VR Assessing VRISE and user experience could be time consuming, especially when using objective physiological measures. In this study, we have reviewed, compared, and performed a suitability assessment of existing standard measures for evaluating VRISE and user experience in VR We have developed a first-person VR game with different scenes and different conditions. For assessing VRISE symptoms, we have used the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ) and Fast Motion Sickness Score (FMS). For assessing user experience, we have used the short version of the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ-S). We have also used a novel Virtual Reality Neuroscience Questionnaire (VRNQ) for assessing VRISE and user experience aspects. The result has shown that FMS and VRNQ (VRISE section) are suitable for quick assessment of VRISE and that VRNQ (User experience section) is suitable for assessing user experience. The advantage of FMS and VRNQ questionnaires is that they are shorter to fulfill and easier to understand. FMS also enables to record the VRISE levels during the virtual experience and thus capturing its trend over time. Another advantage of the VRNQ is that it also provides the minimum and parsimonious cut-offs to appraise the suitability of VR software, which we have confirmed in our study to be adequate.

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“…Studies have shown that pleasant music and aroma decrease the risk of cybersickness (Keshavarz and Hecht, 2014;Keshavarz et al, 2015). Research also indicates that having a virtual nose could alleviate cybersickness (Wienrich et al, 2018). Providing a multisensory VR environment, such as including movement, could also reduce the mismatch between the senses.…”

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Investigating the User Experience of Virtual Reality Rehabilitation Solution for Biomechatronics Laboratory and Home Environment

Madshaven

Markseth

Jomås

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Front. Virtual Real.

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Virtual reality (VR) technology is a promising tool in physical rehabilitation. Research indicates that VR-supported rehabilitation is beneficial for task-specific training, multi-sensory feedback, diversified rehabilitation tasks, and patient motivation. Our first goal was to create a biomechatronics laboratory with a VR setup for increasing immersion and a motion platform to provide realistic feedback to patients. The second goal was to investigate possibilities to replicate features of the biomechatronics laboratory in a home-based training system using commercially available components. The laboratory comprises of a motion platform with 6-degrees-of-freedom (Rexroth eMotion), fitted with a load cell integrated treadmill, and an Oculus Quest virtual reality headset. The load cells provide input for data collection, as well as VR motion control. The home-based rehabilitation system consists of a Nintendo Wii Balance Board and an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. User studies in the laboratory and home environment used direct observation techniques and self-reported attitudinal research methods to assess the solution’s usability and user experience. The findings indicate that the proposed VR solution is feasible. Participants using the home-based system experienced more cybersickness and imbalance compared to those using the biomechatronics laboratory solution. Future studies will look at a setup that is safe for first patient studies, and exercises to improve diagnosis of patients and progress during rehabilitation.

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A Virtual Nose as a Rest-Frame - The Impact on Simulator Sickness and Game Experience

Cited by 59 publications

References 11 publications

Cybersickness in current-generation virtual reality head-mounted displays: systematic review and outlook

Cybersickness in current-generation virtual reality head-mounted displays: systematic review and outlook

Suitability and Comparison of Questionnaires Assessing Virtual Reality-Induced Symptoms and Effects and User Experience in Virtual Environments

Investigating the User Experience of Virtual Reality Rehabilitation Solution for Biomechatronics Laboratory and Home Environment

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