Sense of Presence, Realism, and Simulation Sickness in Operational Tasks: A Comparative Analysis of Virtual and Mixed Reality

Giorgio Ballestin, Heike Diepeveen

2024

Abstract

Virtual Reality (VR) training is often used to replicate real-world situations, which brings many challenges. Interaction in VR is notoriously more difficult with respect to real world interaction, and VR wearables can sometimes decrease the quality of the interaction, leading to less effective simulations. While reliability and stability are important considerations, it is also crucial sometimes to have a high level of physical realism in order to develop proper muscle memory. This study aims to investigate whether Video-See-Through Augmented Reality (VST AR) can enhance the interaction during an operational task, and its impact on the immersivity and sense of presence, when compared to a VR based approach. Our results show that VR seems to perform better than AR in terms of sense of presence, with a much lower impact on sickness symptoms, suggesting that it is important to strive for a balance between reliability and realism in order to create an immersive and effective training environment.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ballestin G. and Diepeveen H. (2024). Sense of Presence, Realism, and Simulation Sickness in Operational Tasks: A Comparative Analysis of Virtual and Mixed Reality. In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: HUCAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-679-8, SciTePress, pages 341-349. DOI: 10.5220/0012256300003660

in Bibtex Style

@conference{hucapp24,
author={Giorgio Ballestin and Heike Diepeveen},
title={Sense of Presence, Realism, and Simulation Sickness in Operational Tasks: A Comparative Analysis of Virtual and Mixed Reality},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: HUCAPP},
year={2024},
pages={341-349},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012256300003660},
isbn={978-989-758-679-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: HUCAPP
TI - Sense of Presence, Realism, and Simulation Sickness in Operational Tasks: A Comparative Analysis of Virtual and Mixed Reality
SN - 978-989-758-679-8
AU - Ballestin G.
AU - Diepeveen H.
PY - 2024
SP - 341
EP - 349
DO - 10.5220/0012256300003660
PB - SciTePress