Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-5541
Authors: Hemmerich, Wanja
Keshavarz, Behrang
Hecht, Heiko
Title: Visually induced motion sickness on the horizon
Online publication date: 7-Jan-2021
Year of first publication: 2020
Language: english
Abstract: Visually induced motion sickness is an unpleasant but common side-effect of many simulations and VR-applications. We investigated whether an earth-fixed reference frame provided in the simulation is able to reduce motion sickness. To do so, we created a moving starfield that did not contain any indicators of the spatial orientation of the observer. As the observer was simulated to move through the randomly oscillating starfield, a time-to-contact task had to be carried out. Two colored stars on collision course with each other had to be spotted, then they disappeared and the time of their collision had to be judged. Eye-movements, task performance, and motion sickness were recorded. This condition without visual reference to the observer's upright was supplemented with three conditions containing either an earth-fixed fixation cross, an earth-fixed horizon line, or a line that was yoked to the head. Results show that only the earth-fixed horizon was able to significantly reduce visually induced motion sickness. Thus, a mere earth-stationary anchor does not suffice, a clear indication of earth horizontal seems necessary to reap a modest benefit.
DDC: 150 Psychologie
150 Psychology
Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department: FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport
Place: Mainz
ROR: https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-5541
Version: Published version
Publication type: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
License: CC BY
Information on rights of use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Journal: Frontiers in virtual reality
1
Pages or article number: 582095
Publisher: Frontiers Media
Publisher place: Lausanne
Issue date: 2020
ISSN: 2673-4192
Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2020.582095
Publisher DOI: 10.3389/frvir.2020.582095
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