Comparative Measurements between Heartbeat Rate and Simulator Sickness Questionnaire for Simulator Sickness in Immersive Virtual Environment

摘要

The immersive virtual environments affect simulator sickness to some users. The simulator sickness can be measured by both objective and physiological measurements. The objective measurement or self-report use questionnaires and answered by the subjects. On the other hand, the physiological measurements use medical equipments. This research study the relationship between simulator sickness questionnaire and electrocardiogram results in heartbeat per minute. The results show that only nausea is related to heartbeat rate. However, oculomotor and disorientation are not related to heartbeat rate. Furthermore, the most significant factors are height different effect, position effect and parallax effect, respectively.