Clinical predictors of cybersickness in virtual reality (VR) among highly stressed people.

ABSTRACT: The use of virtual reality (VR) in the treatment of psychiatric disorders is increasing, and cybersickness has emerged as an important obstacle to overcome. However, the clinical factors affecting cybersickness are still not well understood. In this study, we investigated clinical predictors and adaptation effect of cybersickness during VR application in highly stressed people. Eighty-three healthy adult participants with high stress level were recruited. At baseline, we conducted psychiatric, ophthalmologic, and otologic evaluations and extracted physiological parameters. We divided the participants into two groups according to the order of exposure to VR videos with different degrees of shaking and repetitively administered the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ) and the Fast Motion s

SUBMITTER: Kim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8190110 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature