Methods to reduce cybersickness and enhance presence for in-place navigation techniques

Abstract

In previous studies, some factors that ameliorate the cybersickness symptoms for in-place navigation techniques (INAV) based on vection reduction have been found. In this paper, we want to extend such studies in order to analyze both cybersickness and the sense of presence for some INAV techniques. A review of the state of the art shows that there is no agreement if enhancing movement (i.e. reducing the sensory conflicts between mechanical and visual information) or restricting movement (i.e. limiting the postural control) is better to reduce cybersickness. Furthermore, the kind of movement used in an experience has different implications in the sense of presence. Although we did not find statistically significant results from these new studies, we show how techniques that reduce vection promise to reduce cybersickness and their impact to the sense of presence for INAV.