TY - GEN
T1 - A haptic feedback device reduces dizziness in users watching a virtual reality video
AU - Wei-Te, Tsai
AU - Chien-Hsu, Chen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/7/19
Y1 - 2020/7/19
N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate methods by which to reduce the dizziness that people experience when watching virtual reality (VR) videos. VR technology is being used in increasing numbers of fields, but a phenomenon that causes dizziness is common. A head-mounted display (HMD) is the device generally worn for viewing virtual reality videos. HMDs put the screen close to the eyes, and users often feel pressure and also experience dizziness. The feeling of dizziness is a result of the unique constitution of each person. In this work, different subjects were selected based on their level of physical fitness. This research showed that haptic feedback caused by vibration during the viewing process can help reduce dizziness. We designed a vibration device, which was mounted on the HMD headband. Through sensing audio from the video, the vibrator is triggered, and the feeling of vibration is feed back to the haptic device. In the study, we used four vibration points, A1, A2, O1, and O2 near the areas of the brain affected by the detection points. The head is a highly sensitive organ that experiences a tactile sensation due to the vibration of the headband when an individual is watching a VR movie, thereby causing inconsistent visual and body perceptions. We found in the current research that the dizziness felt when watching VR video is caused by the inconsistency between visual and cognitive experiences. Typically, the tactile sensation can reduce such cognitive sensations and lower the degree of dizziness experienced by the wearer.
AB - The purpose of this study was to investigate methods by which to reduce the dizziness that people experience when watching virtual reality (VR) videos. VR technology is being used in increasing numbers of fields, but a phenomenon that causes dizziness is common. A head-mounted display (HMD) is the device generally worn for viewing virtual reality videos. HMDs put the screen close to the eyes, and users often feel pressure and also experience dizziness. The feeling of dizziness is a result of the unique constitution of each person. In this work, different subjects were selected based on their level of physical fitness. This research showed that haptic feedback caused by vibration during the viewing process can help reduce dizziness. We designed a vibration device, which was mounted on the HMD headband. Through sensing audio from the video, the vibrator is triggered, and the feeling of vibration is feed back to the haptic device. In the study, we used four vibration points, A1, A2, O1, and O2 near the areas of the brain affected by the detection points. The head is a highly sensitive organ that experiences a tactile sensation due to the vibration of the headband when an individual is watching a VR movie, thereby causing inconsistent visual and body perceptions. We found in the current research that the dizziness felt when watching VR video is caused by the inconsistency between visual and cognitive experiences. Typically, the tactile sensation can reduce such cognitive sensations and lower the degree of dizziness experienced by the wearer.
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U2 - 10.1145/3416797.3416806
DO - 10.1145/3416797.3416806
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85094206465
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 223
EP - 225
BT - ICEMT 2020 - 2020 the 4th International Conference on Education and Multimedia Technology
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 4th International Conference on Education and Multimedia Technology, ICEMT 2020
Y2 - 19 July 2020 through 22 July 2020
ER -