Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization, 2009. CGIV '09. Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tianjin
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3789-4
DOI :
10.1109/CGIV.2009.83
