A Study of the Virtual Reality Cybersickness Impacts and Improvement Strategy towards the Overall Undergraduate Students' Virtual Learning Experience

Autor/inn/en	Mareta, Sannia; Thenara, Joseph Manuel; Rivero, Rafael; Tan-Mullins, May
Titel	A Study of the Virtual Reality Cybersickness Impacts and Improvement Strategy towards the Overall Undergraduate Students' Virtual Learning Experience
Quelle	In: Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 19 (2022) 4, S.460-481 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-5659
DOI	10.1108/ITSE-10-2021-0193
Schlagwörter	Computer Simulation; Undergraduate Students; Educational Technology; Diseases; Motion; Foreign Countries; Technology Uses in Education; Student Characteristics; Gender Differences; Visual Perception; Virtual Classrooms; Student Experience; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Unterrichtsmedien; Disease; Krankheit; Bewegungsablauf; Ausland; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Studienerfahrung
Abstract	Purpose: Virtual reality (VR) technologies have expanded their application domains towards education with pedagogical benefits including fully immersive learning environment and in-depth user engagement through scenario-based virtual simulations. Motion sickness (MS), however, has become one of the long-standing key challenges of the VR utilisation, even in gaming industries. Thus, this paper aims to present a preliminary study on understanding the VR MS, referred as cybersickness, in the teaching and learning (T&L) context at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Design/methodology/approach: A VR-based virtual classroom content was developed and tested for 60 undergraduate students having equal access to the same VR equipment. A two-step data collection, comprising qualitative and quantitative measures, was conducted for the participants. The aspects of how gender influences the cybersickness severity and how academic background affects the learning experience were investigated and analysed using analysis of variance F-test statistical approach. Findings: The results demonstrated approximately 47% of the participants had experienced cybersickness, where 64% of them were females. With confidence level of 95% (a = 5%), the obtained p-value and F-statistical value for the respective gender and study discipline categories against the cybersickness symptoms confirmed the significance level between the two compared variables. Moreover, it is worth highlighting that the virtual movement speed, perspective angle and visual properties of the virtual environment were selected as the top three factors that caused the cybersickness. Originality/value: The study is hoped to provide valuable pointers to current and future VR developers in minimising the cybersickness symptoms that would enable an effective T&L environment in higher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01