The Effects of Content-Aware Textured Reverse Motion Flow on Cybersickness and User Experience

Difficulty arises in virtual reality (VR) due to cybersickness. The discrepancy in motion information between the visual and vestibular feedback causes sensory conflict, a widely accepted cause of cybersickness. Previous research has shown reduced VR sickness by augmenting the content with motion patterns in the opposite direction of the virtual motion. However, it can also cause significant content intrusion. This poster aims to mitigate the latter by applying content-aware textured motion patterns vs. simple white animated feature points. Positive results were obtained with a higher preference for the proposed visualization while showing a similar degree of sickness reduction.