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    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Cyberpsychology

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    • Cybersickness, or VR sickness, limits virtual reality (VR) adoption.
    • Navigating virtual environments with changing elevations exacerbates cybersickness.
    • Effective strategies are needed to mitigate cybersickness in VR.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate three cybersickness reduction strategies during virtual terrain navigation with elevation changes.
    • To compare static field of view (FOV) reduction, terrain flattening, and a novel technique called SmoothRide against a control condition.
    • To assess the impact of these strategies on both cybersickness and user presence.

    Main Methods:

    • A within-subjects study with 61 participants navigating virtual elevation-altering terrain.
    • Implemented static FOV reduction, terrain flattening, and SmoothRide.
    • Collected cybersickness data via Fast Motion Sickness Scale (FMS) and Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ), alongside galvanic skin response (GSR).
    • Measured user presence using the IGroup Presence Questionnaire (IPQ) and Single-Item Presence Scale (SIP).

    Main Results:

    • SmoothRide and FOV reduction significantly decreased cybersickness compared to the control.
    • User presence scores with SmoothRide were comparable to the control condition.
    • Terrain flattening did not significantly reduce cybersickness and negatively impacted user presence.

    Conclusions:

    • SmoothRide is an effective, lightweight, and easily integrated method for reducing cybersickness in VR simulations with elevation changes.
    • FOV reduction is also effective for mitigating cybersickness.
    • Terrain flattening is not recommended for reducing cybersickness and may harm user presence.