Title: The effect factors of motion sickness induced by sensory conflict and posture instability theories

Authors: Yung-Cheng Chen; Huey-Min Sun; Yu-Hsiang Shih

Addresses: Department of Interaction Design, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan City, Taiwan ' Department of Information Management, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan City, Taiwan ' Master Program of Information and Design School, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan City, Taiwan

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to explore the effect factors of motion sickness for the HMD virtual reality (VR) system with six-axis dynamic platform. We would like to understand the influences of duration of simulator use, operational control training, and the first/third person perspective on motion sickness from related literature review. We constructed the hypotheses based on a systematic view of thinking from the postural instability theory and the sensory conflict theory. In order to efficiently realise the perception of motion sickness, we make use of the fast motion sickness (FMS) scale to assess the level of motion sickness of subjects. Experimental results show that the above factors have significant impacts on motion sickness. In addition, there is a significant relationship between the FMS scores of motion sickness and the heart rate.

Keywords: sensory conflict theory; postural instability theory; motion sickness; virtual reality; six-axis dynamic platform.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHFE.2022.120475

International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 2022 Vol.9 No.1, pp.95 - 109

Received: 07 Dec 2020
Accepted: 21 Jul 2021
Published online: 21 Jan 2022 *

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