Motion sickness and sense of presence in a virtual reality environment developed for manual wheelchair users, with three different approaches.

ABSTRACT: Visually Induced Motion Sickness (VIMS) is a bothersome and sometimes unsafe experience, frequently experienced in Virtual Reality (VR) environments. In this study, the effect of up to four training sessions to decrease VIMS in the VR environment to a minimal level was tested and verified through explicit declarations of all 14 healthy participants that were recruited in this study. Additionally, the Motion Sickness Assessment Questionnaire (MSAQ) was used at the end of each training session to measure responses to different aspects of VIMS. Total, gastrointestinal, and central motion sickness were shown to decrease significantly by the last training session, compared to the first one. After acclimatizing to motion sickness, participants' sense of presence and the level of their motion sic

SUBMITTER: Salimi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8375983 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature