Motion Sickness Conditioning to Reduce Cybersickness
Assem Kroma, Naz Al Kassm, Robert J. Teather · Symposium on Spatial User Interaction · 2021
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.