The occurrence of virtual simulation sickness symptoms when an HMD was used as a personal viewing system

Displays

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-116

  Howarth, P A ^a   Costello, P J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HMDs; Nausea; Virtual simulation sickness (VSS)

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS (HMD); VIRTUAL SIMULATION SICKNESS (VSS);

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 0031356626     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-9382(97)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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