Effect of proprioceptive vibrations on simulator sickness during navigation task in virtual environment

Jérémy Plouzeau (1) , Damien Paillot (1) , Jean-Rémy Chardonnet (1) , Frédéric Merienne (1)

1 Le2i - Laboratoire Electronique, Informatique et Image [UMR6306]

In virtual reality the navigation task can generate motion sickness also called simulator sickness or cyber-sickness. This in mainly due to the lack of sensory feedbacks during the task. The presented work aims at studying proprioceptive vibrations for improving the navigation task, decreasing simulator sickness and improving the sense of presence. In this study, proprioceptive vibrations are used to stimulate the lower gluteus maximus muscles during the avatar displacement in the virtual world. The experiment shows the impact of proprioceptive vibrations on navigation task.

Mots clés: Navigation; Proprioception; Vibrations; Simulator sickness

Domaines: Synthèse d'image et réalité virtuelle [cs.GR]

Jérémy Plouzeau, Damien Paillot, Jean-Rémy Chardonnet, Frédéric Merienne. Effect of proprioceptive vibrations on simulator sickness during navigation task in virtual environment. International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, Oct 2015, Kyoto, Japan. pp.1-6. ⟨hal-01230568⟩