Estimating Cybersickness of Simulated Motion Using the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ): A Controlled Study

Author

Bruck, Susan ; Watters, Paul A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput., Macquarie Univ., North Ryde, NSW, Australia

fYear

2009

fDate

11-14 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

486

Lastpage

488

Abstract

The aim of this experiment was to determine which cybersickness symptoms are associated with simulated motion, by comparing responses to the simulated sickness questionnaire (SSQ) between a control and experimental condition. Using non-parametric statistical tests, we found that general discomfort, fatigue, headache, eyestrain, difficulty in focusing eyes, increased sweating, nausea, difficulty in concentrating, stomach awareness and blurred vision were significantly higher in a high simulated motion task compared with a low simulated task. The implications for preventing cybersickness in virtual environments are discussed.

Keywords

human factors; nonparametric statistics; statistical testing; virtual reality; blurred vision; cybersickness symptoms; eyestrain; fatigue; focusing eyes; general discomfort; headache; nausea; nonparametric statistical tests; simulated motion; simulator sickness questionnaire; stomach awareness; virtual environments; Computational modeling; Computer graphics; Computer simulation; Design for experiments; Motion control; Motion estimation; Motion measurement; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Visualization; Cybersickness; Simulator Sickness Questionnaire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization, 2009. CGIV '09. Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tianjin

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3789-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CGIV.2009.83

Filename

5298757