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What is Simulator Sickness? The report of illness or associated with the use of simulation devices Similar to, but NOT motion sickness Symptoms include Eye strain Vertigo Headache Sweating Postural Instability
What is Simulator Sickness?
use of simulation devices
– Eye strain – Headache – Postural Instability – Sweating – Disorientation – Vertigo – Sweating – Nausea – Vomiting
What is Simulator Sickness?
– a mismatch between a visual illusion and equilibrioception lack of illusion of movement? – a false positive poison response?
Why Do We Care?
Sims (Kolasinski,1995)
BUT Cybersickness != Sim Sickness (Stanney et al, 1997)
playing Halo (Merhi, 2007)
Why Do We Care?
The revelation has been put forward in Germany as a reason for the 42 year-old’s disappointing performances on his return to the sport in 2010 after a three-year hiatus. The theory is that Schumacher’s team mate Nico Rosberg, a young buck at 25 and one of the so-called ‘Playstation Generation’, can spend hours on Mercedes’ simulator with no ill-effects while Schumacher arrives at races ill-prepared and has to begin with a basic set-up. A team statement read “Throughout his career, Michael from time to time has been susceptible to simulator sickness which has affected the length of time that he can spend on a simulator,” read a team statement. “This is a relatively common occurrence for many people in all fields of simulator activity including military, aircraft and racing cars.” (Telegraph.co.uk, 2011)
Why Do We Care?
Why Do We Care?
Why Do We Care?
– Current UCF Poll: 15-25 %
– Enough said
– More discomfort in women (Mourant & Thattacherry, 2000) – More discomfort in novice drivers (Bedard et al, 2010)
How Do We Detect Simulator Sickness?
Questionnaire (SSQ; Kennedy et al., 1993)
– A Laundry List of Symptoms
Wait… What About Priming?
– exposure to a stimulus influences a response to a later stimulus
(Neely, 2003)
elderly stereotype slow down the rate at which participants walk to an elevator upon leaving the laboratory
(Bargh, Chen, & Burrows, 1996)
Totally Irrelevant
Wait… What About Priming?
Wait… What About Priming? Is the SSQ priming the symptoms it tests?
The Setup
– Built on top of existing research – 2 Conditions between Ss – Manipulated presence
Warning & Check-up
Max Sim Sick Min Sim Sick Pre SSQ
Minimal Warning Between Trial Check
Post SSQ
– Ss in the Max condition will have higher rates of Simulation Sickness symptomology, as measured by the post SSQ, than Min.
The Setup
The Setup
» In between each drive, they were asked how they were feeling
The Payoff
SSQ Composite Score
lower levels of sickness and fewer symptoms than participants who were not forewarned (M= 27.58, SD= 21.45), t(33)= 2.23, p=0.03.
The Payoff
forewarned actually reported higher levels
forewarned
But Why!
But Why!
» In between each drive, they were asked how they were feeling
But Why!
» In between each drive, they were asked how they were feeling
themselves) they were fine, they were priming themselves
The Future (is now)
Max Sim Sick 2SSQ Min Sim Sick Pre SSQ Pre SSQ
Minimal Warning Minimal Warning Between Trial Check
Post SSQ Post SSQ