Motion Sickness Conditioning to Reduce Cybersickness

PubDate: November 2021

Teams: Carleton University

Writers: Assem Kroma；Naz Al Kassm；Robert J Teather

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Abstract

We present a remote longitudinal experiment to assess the effectiveness of a common motion sickness conditioning technique (MSCT), the Puma method, on cybersickness in VR. Our goal was to evaluate benefits of conditioning techniques as an alternative to visual cybersickness reduction methods (e.g., viewpoint restriction) or habituation approaches which ”train” the user to become acclimatized to cybersickness. We compared three techniques - habituation, the Puma method conditioning exercise, and a placebo (Tai Chi) - in a cybersickness-inducing navigation task over 10 sessions. Preliminary results indicate promising effects.