Investigating a Physical Dial as a Measurement Tool for Cybersickness in Virtual Reality

Abstract

This study explores ways to increase comfort in Virtual Reality by minimizing cybersickness. Cybersickness is related to classical motion sickness and causes unwanted symptoms when using immersive technologies. We developed a dial interface to accurately capture momentary user cybersickness and feed this information back to the user. Using a seated VR roller coaster environment, we found that the dial is significantly positively correlated with post-immersion questionnaires and is a valid tool compared to verbal rating approaches.