Virtual Reality-Based Roller Coaster Simulation Development to Identify Cyber sickness and to Reduce its Effects

Authors

  • Fat’hah Noor Prawita
  • Yoga Wahyu Yuwono
  • Ela Nadila

Abstract

Cybersickness is one of the most significant barriers to using Virtual Reality (VR). Cybersickness consists of a series of unpleasant symptoms, such as eye fatigue, headaches, nausea, or even vomiting, caused by exposure to a virtual environment and can last from a few minutes to several days. It is estimated that around 20% to 80% of the total population experiences cybersickness to a certain extent. Based on these problems, a VR roller coaster simulation was developed to find out or to identify what caused cybersickness, and to reduce its effects. This simulation displays a roller coaster area that follows the track flow. Then there are the settings in the simulation to reduce the impact of cybersickness with several methods applied, and it is expected that the user can run the simulation longer. Based on the results of testing all methods proven to be able to reduce the effects of cybersickness and the best way to overcome its impacts is by increasing the FPS rate (from the developer side) and by taking Dimenhydrinate medicine (from the user side).

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Published

2020-04-09

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