HemodynamicVR-Adapting the User's Field of View during Virtual Reality Locomotion Tasks to Reduce Cybersickness using Wearable Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Hiroo Yamamura; Holger Baldauf; Kai Kunze

doi:10.1145/3458709.3458994

HemodynamicVR-Adapting the User's Field of View during Virtual Reality Locomotion Tasks to Reduce Cybersickness using Wearable Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Hiroo Yamamura, Holger Baldauf, Kai Kunze

Graduate School of Media Design

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Abstract

We present HemodynamicVR, a virtual reality headset combined with functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). We believe that sensing brain activity will enable novel interactions in virtual reality. In this paper, we assess a user's cybersickness based on the change of their total hemoglobin concentration measured via an fNIRS device, and we try to mitigate that by changing the field of view (FOV) in real-time. In this experiment, participants experienced VR locomotion with an added variable FOV controlled by velocity changes and by fNIRS. The results suggest that fNIRS can detect cybersickness as registered by the qualitative SSQ test.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - AHs 2021
Subtitle of host publication	Augmented Humans Conference 2021
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	223-227
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450384285
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3458709.3458994
Publication status	Published - 2021 Feb 22
Event	2021 Augmented Humans Conference, AHs 2021 - Rovaniemi, Finland Duration: 2021 Feb 22 → 2021 Feb 24

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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Conference	2021 Augmented Humans Conference, AHs 2021
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Rovaniemi
Period	21/2/22 → 21/2/24

Keywords

Cybersickness
FOV
VR locomotion
fNIRS

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computer Networks and Communications

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Yamamura, H., Baldauf, H., & Kunze, K. (2021). HemodynamicVR-Adapting the User's Field of View during Virtual Reality Locomotion Tasks to Reduce Cybersickness using Wearable Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. In Proceedings - AHs 2021: Augmented Humans Conference 2021 (pp. 223-227). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3458709.3458994

HemodynamicVR-Adapting the User's Field of View during Virtual Reality Locomotion Tasks to Reduce Cybersickness using Wearable Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. / Yamamura, Hiroo; Baldauf, Holger; Kunze, Kai.
Proceedings - AHs 2021: Augmented Humans Conference 2021. Association for Computing Machinery, 2021. p. 223-227 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Yamamura, H, Baldauf, H & Kunze, K 2021, HemodynamicVR-Adapting the User's Field of View during Virtual Reality Locomotion Tasks to Reduce Cybersickness using Wearable Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. in Proceedings - AHs 2021: Augmented Humans Conference 2021. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 223-227, 2021 Augmented Humans Conference, AHs 2021, Rovaniemi, Finland, 21/2/22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3458709.3458994

Yamamura H, Baldauf H, Kunze K. HemodynamicVR-Adapting the User's Field of View during Virtual Reality Locomotion Tasks to Reduce Cybersickness using Wearable Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. In Proceedings - AHs 2021: Augmented Humans Conference 2021. Association for Computing Machinery. 2021. p. 223-227. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/3458709.3458994

Yamamura, Hiroo ; Baldauf, Holger ; Kunze, Kai. / HemodynamicVR-Adapting the User's Field of View during Virtual Reality Locomotion Tasks to Reduce Cybersickness using Wearable Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Proceedings - AHs 2021: Augmented Humans Conference 2021. Association for Computing Machinery, 2021. pp. 223-227 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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