A Physiological Evaluation of Immersive Experience of a View Control Method using Eyelid EMG

Abstract

This paper describes that the number of blood-volume pulses (BVP) and the level of skin conductance (SC) increased more with increasing immersive impression with a view control method using eyelid electromyography in virtual environment (VE) than those with a mouse control method. We have developed the view control method and the visual feedback associated with electromyography (EMG) signals of movements of user’s eyelids. The method provides a user with more immersive experiences in a virtual environment because of strong relationship between eyelid movement and visual feedback. This paper reports a physiological evaluation experiment to compare it with a common mouse input method by measuring subjects’ physiological data of their fear of an open high place in a virtual environment. Based on the results, we find the eyelid-movement input method improves the user’s immersive impression more significantly than the mouse input method.