WORKSHOP: Research Roadmap for Virtual Reality Sim Sickness

虚拟现实已经有20多年的历史了，但直到最近才有公司开始销售消费级虚拟现实耳机，从而将虚拟环境带给比以往任何时候都多的人。这种技术的广泛使用重新点燃了人们对晕屏病的兴趣，这个问题早在计算机模拟的早期就已经为人所知并进行了研究。该术语指的是与长时间呆在电脑生成的环境中有关的一系列症状。如果沉浸在虚拟环境中足够长的时间，大多数人都容易受到影响；症状从短暂的恶心到数小时甚至数天的头晕和迷失方向。这笔资金将用于支持25-30名来自学术界和工业界的专家参加的研讨会，他们将于2017年春季在佛罗里达州奥兰多市的Design Interactive， Inc.校园举行为期1.5天的会议，从各个角度解决晕屏问题，目标是成功地将虚拟现实技术带给更广泛的受众。更广泛的影响预计最终将包括在医疗培训、创伤后应激障碍治疗、驾驶员安全和教育方面取得重大进展。通过将医学研究、技术研发和工业领域的领导者聚集在一起，研讨会将制定路线图，以确定晕屏的原因以及如何预防晕屏。这些讨论将指导未来的研究，并在学术界和工业界之间建立新的伙伴关系。会议将讨论四个主题：晕机的原因、如何最好地衡量症状、如何减轻症状以及决定个人易感性的因素。分组小组将针对这些领域提出一个项目，该项目将发展成为一个有凝聚力的跨学科提案，以弥合研究与开发之间的差距。讲习班的成果将包括总结讨论的最后报告、综合有关研究的网站和将列入《PRESENCE》杂志特刊的出版物概要。

Virtual reality has been around for more than 20 years, but only recently have companies begun to market consumer virtual reality headsets thereby bringing virtual environments to more people than ever before. The widespread use of this technology has rekindled interest in cybersickness, a problem that has been known and studied since the early days of computer simulation. The term refers to a cluster of symptoms associated with spending time in a computer generated environment. Most people are susceptible if immersed for enough time in a virtual environment; symptoms range from a brief bout of nausea to several hours or even days of feeling dizzy and disoriented. This is funding to support a workshop of 25-30 experts from academia and industry, who will meet for 1.5 days in Spring 2017, on the campus of Design Interactive, Inc. in Orlando, Florida, to tackle the problem of cybersickness from all angles with the goal of successfully bringing virtual reality to the wider audience. Broader impacts are expected to ultimately include significant advances in medical training, therapy for PTSD, driver safety, and education.By bringing together leaders in medical research, technology R&D, and industry, the workshop will lay out a roadmap to determine the cause(s) of cybersickness and how it can be prevented. The discussions will both guide future research and build new partnerships between academia and industry. Four topics will be addressed: the causes of cybersickness, how to best measure the symptoms, how the symptoms might be mitigated, and what factors determine an individual's susceptibility. Breakout groups will propose a project for each of these areas that will be developed into a cohesive interdisciplinary proposal that will bridge the gap between research and development. Workshop outcomes will include a final report summarizing the discussions, a website synthesizing relevant research, and outlines of publications to be included in a special issue of the journal PRESENCE.