TY - GEN

T1 - Sicknificant Steps: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of VR Sickness in Walking-based Locomotion for Virtual Reality

AU - van Gemert, Thomas

AU - Christian Nilsson, Niels

AU - Hirzle, Teresa

AU - Bergström, Joanna

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - Walking-based locomotion techniques in virtual reality (VR) can use redirection to enable walking in a virtual environment larger than the physical one. This results in a mismatch between the perceived virtual and physical movement, which is known to cause VR sickness. However, it is unclear if different types of walking techniques (e.g., resetting, reorientation, or self-overlapping spaces) affect VR sickness differently. To address this, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 96 papers published in 2016–2022 that measure VR sickness in walking-based locomotion. We find different VR sickness effects between types of redirection and between normal walking and redirection. However, we also identified several problems with the use and reporting of VR sickness measures. We discuss the challenges in understanding VR sickness differences between walking techniques and present guidelines for measuring VR sickness in locomotion studies.

AB - Walking-based locomotion techniques in virtual reality (VR) can use redirection to enable walking in a virtual environment larger than the physical one. This results in a mismatch between the perceived virtual and physical movement, which is known to cause VR sickness. However, it is unclear if different types of walking techniques (e.g., resetting, reorientation, or self-overlapping spaces) affect VR sickness differently. To address this, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 96 papers published in 2016–2022 that measure VR sickness in walking-based locomotion. We find different VR sickness effects between types of redirection and between normal walking and redirection. However, we also identified several problems with the use and reporting of VR sickness measures. We discuss the challenges in understanding VR sickness differences between walking techniques and present guidelines for measuring VR sickness in locomotion studies.

KW - Faculty of Science

KW - sickness

KW - walking

KW - virtual

KW - reality

KW - vr

KW - ssq

KW - locomotion

KW - vrise

UR - https://osf.io/78j2s

U2 - 10.1145/3613904.3641974

DO - 10.1145/3613904.3641974

M3 - Article in proceedings

BT - CHI '24: Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

PB - Association for Computing Machinery

CY - New York, NY, United States

ER -