A Pilot-Study into a Novel Application for Inducing and Studying Visually-Induced Motion Sickness in a VR environment

Holger Pichard Hansen-Nord; Steffen Møgelmose; Kasper Bruun Nielsen; Hafsteinn Petursson; Alfred Villiam Thorlaksen; Asher Lou Isenberg; Mans Magnusson; Stefania Serafin; Rolf Nordahl

doi:10.1109/VRW66409.2025.00169

A Pilot-Study into a Novel Application for Inducing and Studying Visually-Induced Motion Sickness in a VR environment

Holger Pichard Hansen-Nord^*, Steffen Møgelmose, Kasper Bruun Nielsen, Hafsteinn Petursson, Alfred Villiam Thorlaksen, Asher Lou Isenberg, Mans Magnusson, Stefania Serafin, Rolf Nordahl

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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology

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Abstract

This study presents a digital solution for inducing visually-induced motion sickness (VIMS) using a head-mounted display (HMD) in a virtual environment. By digitally replicating off vertical axis rotation by adopting the Epley Omniax Chair, we induce sensory conflicts between the visual and vestibular systems through rotational vection, alongside optokinetic stimulation inspired by the Optoki-netic Drum (OKD). A secondary goal of the application is to experiment with methods for mitigating cybersickness. Self-reported data via the visual induced motion sickness questionnare (VIMSSQ) and motion sickness severity scale (MSSS) from a randomised experiment on 30 participants (10 female, 20 male) show that the application reliably induces cybersickness and can apply mitigating methods. From these findings we can confidently conclude that the application can be used as a VIMS-inducing tool.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings - 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2025
Pages (from-to)	830-835
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW66409.2025.00169
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2025 - Saint-Malo, France Duration: 8 Mar 2025 → 12 Mar 2025

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Conference	2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2025
Country/Territory	France
City	Saint-Malo
Period	08/03/2025 → 12/03/2025

Keywords

Cybersickness
Epley Omniax Chair
motion sickness
Optokinetic Drum
physically-induced motion sickness
sensory conflict model
virtual reality
visually-induced motion sickness

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Hansen-Nord, H. P., Møgelmose, S., Nielsen, K. B., Petursson, H., Thorlaksen, A. V., Isenberg, A. L., Magnusson, M., Serafin, S., & Nordahl, R. (2025). A Pilot-Study into a Novel Application for Inducing and Studying Visually-Induced Motion Sickness in a VR environment. Proceedings - 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2025, 830-835. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW66409.2025.00169

A Pilot-Study into a Novel Application for Inducing and Studying Visually-Induced Motion Sickness in a VR environment. / Hansen-Nord, Holger Pichard; Møgelmose, Steffen; Nielsen, Kasper Bruun et al.
In: Proceedings - 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2025, 2025, p. 830-835.

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Hansen-Nord, HP, Møgelmose, S, Nielsen, KB, Petursson, H, Thorlaksen, AV, Isenberg, AL, Magnusson, M, Serafin, S & Nordahl, R 2025, 'A Pilot-Study into a Novel Application for Inducing and Studying Visually-Induced Motion Sickness in a VR environment', Proceedings - 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2025, pp. 830-835. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW66409.2025.00169

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