TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The effect of driving environments on simulator sickness
JO  - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting
A1  - Mourant, Ronald R.
A1  - Rengarajan, Prasanna
A1  - Cox, Daniel
A1  - Lin, Yingzi
A1  - Jaeger, Beverly K.
SP  - 1232
EP  - 1236
VL  - 51
IS  - 18
N2  - In order to be an effective tool for driver evaluation and education, driving simulators need to be better designed to reduce simulator sickness. This study investigated driving in four environments (country, suburban, city, and curves) using a simulator. When driving on straight roads (city and suburban environments) subjects reported less simulator sickness then driving in the city environment (which included left and right turns) and on curves. A mini-SSQ was used to measure the accumulation of simulator sickness over trials. From trial 1 to trial 5, reported simulator sickness increased linearly. From trial 5 through 8, the rate of increase in simulator sickness decreased. We suggest that the rapid and distorted optic flow experienced while executing turns and driving on curves in driving simulators makes a substantial contribution to simulator sickness.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 2169-5067
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193120705101838
ID  - ref1
ER  -