Early Prediction of Cybersickness in Virtual, Augmented &amp; Mixed Reality Applications: A Review

Silva, Brion M.; Fernando, Pumudu

doi:10.1109/i2ct45611.2019.9033650

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“…AR interventions for mental health may be particularly powerful as they allow users to interact with virtual objects placed in the real world in real time (Benyousef et al, 2017). This can improve the ecological validity of training or interventions, increase the user's sense of presence and engagement with the intervention or experience (Waterworth and Riva, 2014), improve compliance and positive outcomes (Giglioli et al, 2015), and also potentially reduce some of the unwanted side effects associated with pure VR immersion, such as real-world environmental unawareness and cybersickness (Silva and Fernando, 2019;Saredakis et al, 2020).…”

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Effects on Mood and EEG States After Meditation in Augmented Reality With and Without Adjunctive Neurofeedback

Viczko

Tarrant

Jackson

2021

Front. Virtual Real.

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Research and design of virtual reality technologies with mental-health focused applications has increased dramatically in recent years. However, the applications and psychological outcomes of augmented reality (AR) technologies still remain to be widely explored and evaluated. This is particularly true for the use of AR for the self-management of stress, anxiety, and mood. In the current study, we examined the impact of a brief open heart meditation AR experience on participants with moderate levels of anxiety and/or depression. Using a randomized between-group design subjects participated in the AR experience or the AR experience plus frontal gamma asymmetry neurofeedback integrated into the experience. Self-reported mood state and resting-state EEG were recorded before and after the AR intervention for both groups. Participants also reported on engagement and perceived use of the experience as a stress and coping tool. EEG activity was analyzed as a function of the frontal, midline, and parietal scalp regions, and with sLORETA current source density estimates of anterior cingulate and insular cortical regions of interest. Results demonstrated that both versions of the AR meditation significantly reduced negative mood and increased positive mood. The changes in resting state EEG were also comparable between groups, with some trending differences observed, in line with existing research on open heart and other loving-kindness and compassion-based meditations. Engagement was favorable for both versions of the AR experience, with higher levels of engagement reported with the addition of neurofeedback. These results provide early support for the therapeutic potential of AR-integrated meditations as a tool for the self-regulation of mood and emotion, and sets the stage for more research and development into health and wellness-promoting AR applications.

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Effects on Mood and EEG States After Meditation in Augmented Reality With and Without Adjunctive Neurofeedback

Viczko

Tarrant

Jackson

2021

Front. Virtual Real.

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“…A variety of research studies indicate that visual fatigue, headaches, dizziness, nausea, and disorientation are the most prevalent symptoms of cybersickness (Davis et al, 2014;McHugh 2019;Nesbitt et al, 2017). Although these symptoms are temporary, their duration can vary from hours to days depending on the person (Silva & Fernando, 2019). Regarding the moment of their first appearance, some studies indicate that users begin to experience them after 10 minutes of exposure to VR (Cobb et al, 1999;Hildebrandt et al, 2018).…”

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“…A personal differences variable that can predict the experience of cybersickness is susceptibility to motion sickness (Golding, 2006;Golding et al, 2021;Pot-Kolder et al, 2018;Rebenitsch & Owem, 2021;Silva & Fernando, 2019). In this regard, Mazloumi et al (2018) point out that, in advanced stages, cybersickness and motion sickness can be considered the same from a medical perspective.…”

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“…This suggests that motion sickness susceptibility can be used to predict which users will suffer from cybersickness. Indeed, both Nesbitt et al, (2017) and Silva and Fernando (2019) in their reviews of the literature found that having a history of suffering from motion sickness (e.g., on boats, planes, trains, roller coasters, etc.) increases the chance of experiencing cybersickness.…”

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“…Although the exact causes of cybersickness are currently unknown, as mentioned previously, different theories such as the sensory conflict, the posture instability, and the poison theory, are generally the most accepted (La Viola, 2000;Mousavi et al, 2013;Silva & Fernando, 2019). In this regard, the recent review by Stanney et al (2020) and results by Kim et al (2020b), highlight the multisensory reweighting / integration hypothesis, which proposes that susceptibility to cybersickness may be related to the speed at which individuals are able to balance the conflicting multisensory signals produced by the virtual environment.…”

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Focusing on Cybersickness: Pervasiveness, Latent Trajectories, Susceptibility, and Effects on the Virtual Reality Experience

Frías-Hiciano¹,

Moreno-Jiménez²,

Gn³

et al. 2021

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Although virtual reality (VR) usage has steadily increased in the last decade, its adoption has been hampered by experiences of user discomfort known as cybersickness. The present study, in line with the 2020 cybersickness research agenda, sought to provide a broad examination of the cybersickness phenomenon, assessing its pervasiveness, latent trajectories, impacts on the VR experience, and predictor variables. The study was composed of 92 participants living in the Dominican Republic with ages ranging from 18 to 52 years (M=26.22), who experienced a 10-minute VR immersion in two environments designed for psychotherapy. The results indicated that cybersickness was pervasive, with 65.2% of the participants experiencing it, and 23.9% severely. Additionally, the latent trajectories of cybersickness were positive and curvilinear, with large heterogeneity across individuals. Cybersickness also had a substantive negative impact on the user experience and the intentions to adopt the VR technology. Finally, motion sickness susceptibility, cognitive stress, and recent headaches, uniquely predicted greater severity of cybersickness, while age was negatively related. These combined results highlight the critical role that cybersickness plays on the VR experience and underscore the importance of finding solutions to the problems, such as technological advancements or special usage protocols for the more susceptible individuals.

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The impact of locomotion techniques on user experience on virtual reality on light of different scene contrasts

Agić

Mandić

Skorin‐Kapov

2022

Computer Animation & Virtual

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Locomotion techniques are an important part of the virtual reality (VR) experience, as they enable a means of movement within simulated computer graphics.Studies have shown that locomotion techniques cause unpleasant effects related to cybersickness. In this article, we report on the results of a user study (N = 29) aimed to investigate and compare three types of locomotion techniques in VR in terms of their impact on cybersickness. The different locomotion techniques are tested in two different contrast scene settings, daytime and nighttime, to further explore the potential impact of scene contrast adjustments. For the evaluation of cybersickness, we used a questionnaire to obtain subjective ratings, and heart rate monitoring as an objective metric. Results show that a linear movement locomotion technique provokes the highest level of cybersickness, and that women have a higher heart rate as compared to men when navigating and interacting in a VR scene. Regarding the influence of scene contrast, results showed that scenes with daylight were better suited to participants in almost all tested scenarios. In addition to reported findings related to locomotion techniques and the impact on cybersickness, we highlight that a key contribution is the utilized test methodology.

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Early Prediction of Cybersickness in Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality Applications: A Review

Cited by 11 publications

References 24 publications

Effects on Mood and EEG States After Meditation in Augmented Reality With and Without Adjunctive Neurofeedback

Effects on Mood and EEG States After Meditation in Augmented Reality With and Without Adjunctive Neurofeedback

Focusing on Cybersickness: Pervasiveness, Latent Trajectories, Susceptibility, and Effects on the Virtual Reality Experience

The impact of locomotion techniques on user experience on virtual reality on light of different scene contrasts

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