Title
Moving base driving simulators potential carsickness research
Author
Kuiper, O.X.
Bos, J.E.
Diels, C.
Cammaerts, K.
Publication year
2019
Abstract
We investigated whether motion sickness analogous to carsickness can be studied in a moving base simulator, despite the limited motion envelope. Importantly, to avoid simulator sickness, vision outside the simulator cabin was restricted. Participants (N = 16) were exposed blindfolded to 15-min lateral sinusoidal motion at 0.2 Hz and 0.35 Hz on separate days. These conditions were selected to realize optimal provocativeness of the stimulus given the simulator's maximum displacement and knowledge on frequency-acceleration interactions for motion sickness. Average motion sickness on an 11-point scale was 2.21 ± 1.97 for 0.2 Hz and 1.93 ± 1.94 for 0.35 Hz. The motion sickness increase over time was comparable to that found in studies using actual vehicles. We argue that motion base simulators can be used to incite motion sickness analogous to carsickness, provided considerable restrictions on vision. Future research on carsickness, potentially more prevalent in autonomous vehicles, could benefit from employing simulators.
Subject
Carsickness
Driving simulator
Simulator sickness
Automobile simulators
Autonomous vehicles
Street traffic control
Maximum displacement
Motion base simulators
Motion sickness
Moving base
Simulator cabin
Simulator sickness
Diseases
Acceleration
Adult
Car driving
Female
Human
Human experiment
Male
Motion
Motion sickness
Stimulus response
Visual deprivation
Visual stimulation
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2019.102889
TNO identifier
868033
Source
Applied Ergonomics, 81, 102889
Document type
article