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Title:

Cybersickness Reduction when Navigating Virtual Environments in Small Physical Environments

Agreement Number:

EGP

Agreement Value:

$25,000.00

Agreement Date:

Nov 8, 2017 -

Organization:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Location:

Ontario, CA

Reference Number:

GC-2017-Q3-00427

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Additional Information:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Recipient's Legal Name:

Teather, Robert (Carleton University)

Program:

Engage Grants for universities

Program Purpose:

A well-known problem with virtual reality (VR) systems is motion sickness, or cybersickness. Cybersicknessx000D
arises from conflicts between how our eyes perceive our motion in a VR environment, and the fact that we arex000D
often not actually moving, which other sensory systems (e.g., the vestibular system) perceive. This conflictx000D
yields nausea in VR users. The aim of this project is to investigate methods to reduce cybersickness whenx000D
moving through VR environments, specifically targeting small space usage scenarios (e.g., when the user isx000D
standing or sitting, but not physically walking through the environment).