Control of a virtual ambulation influences body movement and motion sickness
Yi-Chou Chen, Xiao Dong, Jens Hagstrom, Thomas A. Stoffregen · BIO Web of Conferences · 2011
Drivers typically are less susceptible to motion sickness than passengers. The influence of vehicle control has theoretical implications for the etiology of motion sickness, and has practical implications for the design of virtual environments. In the present study, participants either controlled or did not control a nonvehicular virtual avatar (i.e., an ambulatory character in a console video game). We examined the incidence of motion sickness and patterns of movement of the head and torso as participants either played or watched the game.