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- Title
What to expect from immersive virtual environment exposure: influences of gender, body mass index, and past experience.
- Authors
Stanney, Kay M.; Hale, Kelly S.; Nahmens, Isabelina; Kennedy, Robert S.
- Abstract
For those interested in using head-coupled PC-based immersive virtual environment (VE) technology to train, entertain, or inform, it is essential to understand the effects this technology has on its users. This study investigated potential adverse effects, including the sickness associated with exposure and extreme responses (emesis, flashbacks). Participants were exposed to a VE for 15 to 60 min, with either complete or streamlined navigational control and simple or complex scenes, after which time measures of sickness were obtained. More than 80% of participants experienced nausea, oculomotor disturbances, and/or disorientation, with disorientation potentially lasting > 24 hr. Of the participants, 12.9% prematurely ended their exposure because of adverse effects; of these, 9.2% experienced an emetic response, whereas only 1.2% of all participants experienced emesis. The results indicate that designers may be able to reduce these rates by limiting exposure duration and reducing the degrees of freedom of the user's navigational control. Results from gender, body mass, and past experience comparisons indicated it may be possible to identify those who will experience adverse effects attributable to exposure and warn such individuals. Applications for this research include military, entertainment, and any other interactive systems for which designers seek to avoid adverse effects associated with exposure.
- Subjects
VIRTUAL reality; GENDER; PERSONAL computers; DISEASES; EYE movement disorders; ERGONOMICS; PROPRIOCEPTION; BODY image; CLINICAL trials; COMPARATIVE studies; ECOLOGY; GENDER identity; ILLUSION (Philosophy); LONGITUDINAL method; MOTION sickness; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; POSTURE; RESEARCH; RISK assessment; SELF-perception; SLEEP stages; USER interfaces; EVALUATION research; BODY mass index; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Human Factors, 2003, Vol 45, Issue 3, p504
- ISSN
0018-7208
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1518/hfes.45.3.504.27254