Frontiers | Exploring vestibular stimulation to reduce the influence of cybersickness on virtual reality experiences
Introduction: There is increasing use of head-worn displays to support immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences. However, users of such technology often encounter motion sickness-like effects, commonly termed cybersickness. The unpleasant effects of cybersickness can limit the duration of VR technology usage and deter return use after only one bad experience. One explanation of cybersickness is that it is a physiological responses to perceived differences between the visual and vestibular stimulation provided via VR technology and the user’s current body positioning and movement, i.e., a mismatch between visual and vestibular senses.
