WORKSHOP: Research Roadmap for Virtual Reality Sim Sickness

研讨会：虚拟现实模拟疾病的研究路线图

• 批准号: 1660052
• 负责人: Stephen Gilbert
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Iowa State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-11-15 至 2020-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1660052&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WORKSHOP; Research; Roadmap; Virtual; Reality

Virtual reality has been around for more than 20 years, but only recently have companies begun to market consumer virtual reality headsets thereby bringing virtual environments to more people than ever before. The widespread use of this technology has rekindled interest in cybersickness, a problem that has been known and studied since the early days of computer simulation. The term refers to a cluster of symptoms associated with spending time in a computer generated environment. Most people are susceptible if immersed for enough time in a virtual environment; symptoms range from a brief bout of nausea to several hours or even days of feeling dizzy and disoriented. This is funding to support a workshop of 25-30 experts from academia and industry, who will meet for 1.5 days in Spring 2017, on the campus of Design Interactive, Inc. in Orlando, Florida, to tackle the problem of cybersickness from all angles with the goal of successfully bringing virtual reality to the wider audience. Broader impacts are expected to ultimately include significant advances in medical training, therapy for PTSD, driver safety, and education.By bringing together leaders in medical research, technology R&D, and industry, the workshop will lay out a roadmap to determine the cause(s) of cybersickness and how it can be prevented. The discussions will both guide future research and build new partnerships between academia and industry. Four topics will be addressed: the causes of cybersickness, how to best measure the symptoms, how the symptoms might be mitigated, and what factors determine an individual's susceptibility. Breakout groups will propose a project for each of these areas that will be developed into a cohesive interdisciplinary proposal that will bridge the gap between research and development. Workshop outcomes will include a final report summarizing the discussions, a website synthesizing relevant research, and outlines of publications to be included in a special issue of the journal PRESENCE.

虚拟现实已经存在了20多年，但是直到最近，公司才开始销售消费者虚拟现实耳机，从而将虚拟环境比以往任何时候都多。 这项技术的广泛使用重新激发了人们对Cyber​​sickness的兴趣，这是自计算机模拟初期以来已知和研究的问题。 该术语是指与在计算机生成的环境中花费时间有关的一系列症状。 如果在虚拟环境中浸入足够的时间，大多数人都容易受到影响。症状从短暂的恶心回合到几个小时甚至几天的头晕和迷失方向。 这是为了支持来自学术界和行业的25-30名专家的研讨会，他们将在2017年春季在佛罗里达州奥兰多市的Design Interactive，Inc。校园举行1.5天的会议，以从各个角度解决Cyber​​sickness的问题，目的是成功地将虚拟现实带给广阔的受众。 预计最终将包括更广泛的影响，包括在医学培训，PTSD，驾驶员安全和教育的治疗方面取得的重大进展。通过将医学研究，技术研发和行业领域的领导者汇集在一起​​，研讨会将列出一个路线图，以确定Cyber​​sickness的原因以及如何预防。 讨论将指导未来的研究，并在学术界和行业之间建立新的伙伴关系。 将讨论四个主题：网络智能的原因，如何最好地衡量症状，如何缓解症状以及哪些因素决定了个人的敏感性。 分组小组将为每个领域中的每个领域提出一个项目，该项目将发展为一个凝聚力的跨学科建议，将弥合研发和发展之间的差距。 研讨会的成果将包括总结讨论的最终报告，一个综合相关研究的网站以及概述出版物的概述，这些出版物将包含在《期刊《存在》的特刊中。