An experimental methodology to capture user and gameplay data tied to cybersickness
Abstract
Virtual reality (VR) and head-mounted displays are constantly gaining popularity in various fields such as education, military, entertainment, and bio/medical informatics. Although such technologies provide a high sense of immersion, they can also trigger symptoms of discomfort. This condition is called cybersickness (CS) and is quite popular in recent publications in the virtual reality context. We created and conducted an iterative evaluating protocol methodology and proposed two VR games (a racing game and a flight game). The recorded data can be used for further machine learning analysis tied to cybersickness.
Keywords:
virtual reality, head mounted displays, cybersickness, data collection, games
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Simone Grassini and Karin Laumann. 2020. Are modern head-mounted displays sexist? A systematic review on gender differences in HMD-mediated virtual reality. Frontiers in Psychology 11 (2020).
Eugenia M Kolasinski. 1995. Simulator Sickness in Virtual Environments. Technical Report. DTIC Document.
Uwe Kühnapfel, Hüseyin Kemâl Cakmak, and Heiko Maaß. 2000. Endoscopic surgery training using virtual reality and deformable tissue simulation. Computers & graphics 24, 5 (2000), 671–682.
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Published
2021-06-21
How to Cite
PORCINO, Thiago; TREVISAN, Daniela; CLUA, Esteban.
An experimental methodology to capture user and gameplay data tied to cybersickness. In: XR IN GAMES WORKSHOP (XR IN GAMES), 1. , 2021, New York.
Anais [...].
Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/xr_in_games.2021.15681.
