Look at the Horizon: Evaluation of a Software Solution Against Cyber Sickness in Virtual Reality Applications

Jonathan Harth, Christian-Norbert Zimmer, Michaela Zupanic

2023

Abstract

Cyber sickness (CS), a symptom that occurs in 30-80% of users when using virtual environments, is still considered an obstacle to the spread of virtual reality (VR). The aim of this study is to investigate whether symptoms of CS can be minimised by software adaptation. A prototype of a layer based on the "Seetroën Glasses" was used for this purpose. 80 students participated in the study with virtual roller coaster rides. The results show that the group with the layer was able to increase its performance and that the layer was able to delay the exit of the participants for about 2 laps. The layer does not provide immunity to CS, but it does delay the onset of symptoms. The study shows that the virtual test environment is suitable for investigating CS and that the prototype of the layer may be promising for reducing symptoms of CS.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Harth J., Zimmer C. and Zupanic M. (2023). Look at the Horizon: Evaluation of a Software Solution Against Cyber Sickness in Virtual Reality Applications. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications - Volume 1: DATA; ISBN 978-989-758-664-4, SciTePress, pages 13-21. DOI: 10.5220/0012049900003541

in Bibtex Style

@conference{data23,
author={Jonathan Harth and Christian-Norbert Zimmer and Michaela Zupanic},
title={Look at the Horizon: Evaluation of a Software Solution Against Cyber Sickness in Virtual Reality Applications},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications - Volume 1: DATA},
year={2023},
pages={13-21},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012049900003541},
isbn={978-989-758-664-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications - Volume 1: DATA
TI - Look at the Horizon: Evaluation of a Software Solution Against Cyber Sickness in Virtual Reality Applications
SN - 978-989-758-664-4
AU - Harth J.
AU - Zimmer C.
AU - Zupanic M.
PY - 2023
SP - 13
EP - 21
DO - 10.5220/0012049900003541
PB - SciTePress