title: The effect of internal and external fields of view on visually induced motion sickness.
abstract: Field of view (FOV) is said to affect visually induced motion sickness. FOV, however, is characterized by an internal setting used by the graphics generator (iFOV) and an external factor determined by screen size and viewing distance (eFOV). We hypothesized that especially the incongruence between iFOV and eFOV would lead to sickness. To that end we used a computer game environment with different iFOV and eFOV settings, and found the opposite effect. We speculate that the relative large differences between iFOV and eFOV used in this experiment caused the discrepancy, as may be explained by assuming an observer model controlling body motion.
authors.affiliation: TNO Human Factors, Soesterberg, the Netherlands. jelte.bos@tno.nl
authors.forename: Jelte E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bos
authors.forename: Sjoerd C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.forename: Martijn L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: van Emmerik
authors.forename: Eric L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Groen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003198:Computer Simulation; D016288:Computer Terminals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009041:Motion Sickness / Q000209:etiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018910:Video Games; D014794:Visual Fields; D055815:Young Adult