Comparing the effectiveness of different displays in enhancing illusions of self-movement (vection)
Illusions of self-movement (vection) can be used in Virtual Reality (VR) and other applications to give users the embodied sensation that they are moving when physical movement is unfeasible or too costly. Whereas a large body of vection literature studied how various parameters of the presented vis...
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| description | Illusions of self-movement (vection) can be used in Virtual Reality (VR) and other applications to give users the embodied sensation that they are moving when physical movement is unfeasible or too costly. Whereas a large body of vection literature studied how various parameters of the presented visual stimulus affect vection, little is known how different display types might affect vection. As a step towards addressing this gap, we conducted three experiments to compare vection and usability parameters between commonly used VR displays, ranging from stereoscopic projection and 3D TV to high-end head-mounted display (HMD, NVIS SX111) and recent low-cost HMD (Oculus Rift). The last experiment also compared these two HMDs in their native full field of view FOV and a reduced, matched FOV of 72×45°. Participants moved along linear and curvilinear paths in the virtual environment, reported vection onset time, and rated vection intensity at the end of each trial. In addition, user ratings on immersion, motion sickness, vection, and overall preference were recorded retrospectively and compared between displays. Unexpectedly, there were no significant effects of display on vection measures. Reducing the FOV for the HMDs (from full to 72×45°) decreased vection onset latencies, but did not affect vection intensity. As predicted, curvilinear paths yielded earlier and more intense vection. Although vection has often been proposed to predict or even cause motion sickness, we observed no correlation for any of the displays studied. In conclusion, perceived self-motion and other user experience measures proved surprisingly tolerant towards changes in display type as long as the FOV was roughly matched. This suggests that display choice for vection research and VR applications can be largely based on other considerations as long as the provided FOV is sufficiently large. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45388d038a08478ea8ad8de2210a7b112022-12-21T17:16:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782015-06-01610.3389/fpsyg.2015.00713129931Comparing the effectiveness of different displays in enhancing illusions of self-movement (vection)Bernhard E. Riecke0Jacqueline Dawn Jordan1Simon Fraser UniversitySimon Fraser UniversityIllusions of self-movement (vection) can be used in Virtual Reality (VR) and other applications to give users the embodied sensation that they are moving when physical movement is unfeasible or too costly. Whereas a large body of vection literature studied how various parameters of the presented visual stimulus affect vection, little is known how different display types might affect vection. As a step towards addressing this gap, we conducted three experiments to compare vection and usability parameters between commonly used VR displays, ranging from stereoscopic projection and 3D TV to high-end head-mounted display (HMD, NVIS SX111) and recent low-cost HMD (Oculus Rift). The last experiment also compared these two HMDs in their native full field of view FOV and a reduced, matched FOV of 72×45°. Participants moved along linear and curvilinear paths in the virtual environment, reported vection onset time, and rated vection intensity at the end of each trial. In addition, user ratings on immersion, motion sickness, vection, and overall preference were recorded retrospectively and compared between displays. Unexpectedly, there were no significant effects of display on vection measures. Reducing the FOV for the HMDs (from full to 72×45°) decreased vection onset latencies, but did not affect vection intensity. As predicted, curvilinear paths yielded earlier and more intense vection. Although vection has often been proposed to predict or even cause motion sickness, we observed no correlation for any of the displays studied. In conclusion, perceived self-motion and other user experience measures proved surprisingly tolerant towards changes in display type as long as the FOV was roughly matched. This suggests that display choice for vection research and VR applications can be largely based on other considerations as long as the provided FOV is sufficiently large.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00713/fullMotion SicknessOptic FlowPerceptionVectionvirtual realityvirtual environments |
| spellingShingle | Bernhard E. Riecke Jacqueline Dawn Jordan Comparing the effectiveness of different displays in enhancing illusions of self-movement (vection) Frontiers in Psychology Motion Sickness Optic Flow Perception Vection virtual reality virtual environments |
| title | Comparing the effectiveness of different displays in enhancing illusions of self-movement (vection) |
| title_full | Comparing the effectiveness of different displays in enhancing illusions of self-movement (vection) |
| title_fullStr | Comparing the effectiveness of different displays in enhancing illusions of self-movement (vection) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparing the effectiveness of different displays in enhancing illusions of self-movement (vection) |
| title_short | Comparing the effectiveness of different displays in enhancing illusions of self-movement (vection) |
| title_sort | comparing the effectiveness of different displays in enhancing illusions of self movement vection |
| topic | Motion Sickness Optic Flow Perception Vection virtual reality virtual environments |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00713/full |
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