Recovery From Virtual Environment Exposure: Expected Time Course of Symptoms and Potential Readaptation Strategies

Abstract

These findings may serve as a guide in the development of monitoring policies following VE exposure.

Automatic Mental Processes, Automatic Actions and Behaviours in Game Transfer Phenomena: An Empirical Self-Report Study Using Online Forum Data

“…These experiences showed the effects of pushing buttons repeatedly but also demonstrate how simulations of body movements in virtual environments can have similar effects. Previous research has found neural adaptation effects after the exposure to virtual environment simulators such as the reduction of complex psychomotor flexibility, and reduced motor control (e.g., Champney et al, 2007). The data also suggest that gamers' behaviours have been conditioned to respond in certain way to stimuli and events, and that some gamers experienced difficulty in controlling their impulses.…”

Game Transfer Phenomena and its associated factors: An exploratory empirical online survey study

“…Firstly, particular attention should be paid to young adults, and students in terms of GTP, Secondly, it is important to regulate gaming habits since it is expected that gamers are more susceptible to committing cognitive failures due to mental fatigue after prolonged playing (Van den Linden et al, 2003), as well as prolonged videogame sessions that may enhance the effects of neural adaptations where duration is proportional to the exposure (Champney et al, 2007). Moreover, playing videogames before going to bed has been associated with deficits in sleep quality (Dworak et al, 2007;Higuchi et al, 2005;King et al, 2013) that in turn can compromise the gamers' cognitive control, making them more susceptible to experience GTP.…”

“…More specifically, longer gaming sessions may enhance the effects of neural adaptation (e.g., motion sickness, cybersickness, visual motion after-effects, etc.) (Dyson, 2010;Kennedy, Stanney, & Dunlap, 2000), where duration is proportional to exposure time (Champney et al, 2007). In addition, gaming has been correlated with sleep deprivation (Achab et al, 2011;Choi et al, 2009;Rehbein, Kleimann, & Mossle, 2010;Tazawa & Okada, 2001).…”

“…One explanation may be in terms of the variety of games the gamers are exposed to. It has been speculated that some GTP may disappear or be reduced after repeated exposure to the same game due to adaptation or habituation of videogame features (Ortiz de Gortari, 2015), similar to the side-effects of exposure to virtual simulators or 3-D games (e.g., cybersickness) (Champney et al, 2007;Frey, Hartig, Ketzel, Zinkernagel, & Moosbrugger, 2007). Professional gamers tend to play a specific type of game, while hard-core gamers may play a diverse range of games that may favor the opportunity to experience different types of GTP.…”

Investigation of visually induced motion sickness: a comparison of mitigation techniques in real and virtual environments

“…In this paper, mitigation and readaptation may be used interchangeably, as both describe an action or a strategy to quicken one's recovery from motion sickness. Motion sickness mitigation techniques include taking medications, wearing motion sickness bands (Estrada et al, 2007), and hand-eye coordination tasks (Champney et al, 2007). Readaptation will be addressed in the hypothesis section of this chapter and a more detailed examination of mitigation techniques and readaptation strategies can be found in Chapter 2.…”