Simulator sickness (SS) is a major impedimentto use of virtualenvironments(VEs). Procedures to alleviateSS have been of limitedvalue.The 'independentvisualbackground' (IVB) may reduceSS when people use a VE. Optimumcharacteristicsof IVBs remainto be determined.In this study,balancewas disturbedby roll oscillationof a black andwhite radialpattern.Disturbancewas reducedby simultaneous presentationof anIVB. Effects of locatingthe IVB in the foregroundor backgroundrelativeto the moving radial pattern using a stereographic display were determined.Nine subjects were tested at two IVB luminance levels and three different IVB conditions using a within-subjects design. An expected statisticallysignificantdifference betweenthe IVBandno-IVB conditionswas observed.No effect of IVB location was obtained. Effects of foreground / background manipulationson spatial orientation are addressed.

Item Type:	Refereed Conference Paper
Keywords:	balance disturbance, stereography, display, perception
Research Division:	Information and Computing Sciences
Research Group:	Information Systems
Research Field:	Computer-Human Interaction
Objective Division:	Information and Communication Services
Objective Group:	Computer Software and Services
Objective Field:	Application Tools and System Utilities
UTAS Author:	Duh, HB-L (Professor Henry Duh)
ID Code:	90342
Year Published:	2001
Deposited By:	Information and Communication Technology
Deposited On:	2014-03-31
Last Modified:	2014-05-26
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