TY - JOUR
T1 - Time course of sickness symptoms with HMD viewing of 360-degree videos
AU - Häkkinen, Jukka
AU - Ohta, Fumiya
AU - Kawai, Takashi
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Aleksi Rantala and Hanna Riihimäki for their help in conducting the experiments and Ashutosh Singla for sharing his experimental data. This research was supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© Society for Imaging Science and Technology 2018.
PY - 2019/1/13
Y1 - 2019/1/13
N2 - Previous research has shown that head-mounted display users experience sickness symptoms. However, many studies have used contents with fast motion, which might mask more subtle effects caused by the head-mounted display properties, like optical design or head tracking. To investigate the symptoms caused by reasons other than fast motion in contents, we used 360-degree videos without fast motion components. In a between-subjects experiment, the participants viewed 360-degree videos for 5, 10, or 20 minutes with Samsung Gear head-mounted display. The Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ) results indicate that symptom levels started to rise between 10 and 20 minutes’ viewing time. The symptom profiles showed that disorientation symptoms dominated, followed by oculomotor and nausea symptoms. Cluster analysis revealed the presence of a high symptom group and a low symptom group in participants. In the former, the symptom levels increased with viewing time, while in the latter the symptoms remained mild. Based on the results, we can conclude that viewing time between 10 and 20 minutes is critical for the development of sickness symptoms for sensitive users.
AB - Previous research has shown that head-mounted display users experience sickness symptoms. However, many studies have used contents with fast motion, which might mask more subtle effects caused by the head-mounted display properties, like optical design or head tracking. To investigate the symptoms caused by reasons other than fast motion in contents, we used 360-degree videos without fast motion components. In a between-subjects experiment, the participants viewed 360-degree videos for 5, 10, or 20 minutes with Samsung Gear head-mounted display. The Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ) results indicate that symptom levels started to rise between 10 and 20 minutes’ viewing time. The symptom profiles showed that disorientation symptoms dominated, followed by oculomotor and nausea symptoms. Cluster analysis revealed the presence of a high symptom group and a low symptom group in participants. In the former, the symptom levels increased with viewing time, while in the latter the symptoms remained mild. Based on the results, we can conclude that viewing time between 10 and 20 minutes is critical for the development of sickness symptoms for sensitive users.
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U2 - 10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.2018.62.6.060403
DO - 10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.2018.62.6.060403
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85080120762
SN - 2470-1173
VL - 2019
JO - IS and T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging Science and Technology
JF - IS and T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging Science and Technology
IS - 3
T2 - 30th Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference, SD and A 2019
Y2 - 13 January 2019 through 17 January 2019
ER -