Vection and Simulator Sickness
Abstract
Simulator sickness has been identified as a form of motion sickness in which users of simulators exhibit symptoms characteristic of true motion sickness. In a fixed-base simulator, visual and vestibular sources of information specifying dynamic orientation are in conflict to the extent that the optical flow pattern viewed by the pilot creates a compelling illusion of self-motion, which is not corroborated by the inertial forces transmitted through the vestibular sense organs. Visually induced illusory self-motion is known as vection, and a strict interpretation of sensory conflict theory of motion sickness suggests that vection in a fixed-base simulator would be a necessary precondition for simulator sickness. Direct confirmation of this relation is reported in this article.
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In Hettinger et al. (1990), eight of nine participants who reported VIMS also reported vection; of five participants who did not experience vection, only one reported VIMS.
“Their results showed that eight of nine participants who reported VIMS also reported vection. On the other hand, of the five participants who did not experience vection, only one reported VIMS.”
From Vection and visually induced motion sickness: how are they related? (2015) · cites this paper as Hettinger et al., 1990
Vection alone is not a sufficient condition for VIMS to occur.
“However, as the same studies also show that many participants who reported vection do not experience VIMS, vection alone is clearly not a sufficient condition for VIMS to occur”
From Vection and visually induced motion sickness: how are they related? (2015) · cites this paper as Hettinger et al., 1990
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- Authors
- Hettinger, L. J., Berbaum, K. S., Kennedy, R. S., Dunlap, W. P., & Nolan, M. D.
- ORCID
- Berbaum, Kevin S.
- Venue
- Military Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1990-09
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 171-181
- ISSN
- 0899-5605 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7876
- OpenAlex
- W2088845896
- Cited by
- 267
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 3.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Military Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Simulation and Modeling Applications
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Keywords
- vection, simulator sickness, motion sickness, sensory conflict theory, self-motion illusion, optical flow, vestibular perception, fixed-base simulator, visual-vestibular conflict
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aerospace Medicine, Aviation, Humans, Male, Motion Sickness, Optical Illusions, Proprioception, Surveys and Questionnaires
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