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The use of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) for trainings in virtual settings has become increasingly popular in the last years. By using these technologies, trainees can learn how to behave and operate equipment in virtual environments before being trained in real-world settings. However, it has been reported that, especially in motion and dynamic settings, trainees tend to experience problems like nausea, headaches and other problems. In this study, we investigate the effect of different tasks in a controlled way by comparing two groups in a real and a virtual setting. A questionnaire is developed to assess the degree of sickness of the probands and insights about the effect of each type of tasks are assessed in a qualitative way. This investigation was done as part of the project VRWalk (2021–2022) and funded by the WST3 (Funding programs for Lower Austrian companies in the areas of business, tourism and technology).
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The authors would like to acknowledge financial support from the funding agency for business, tourism and technology of Lower Austria under project “VRWalk”. Without their support and trust this study would not have been possible.
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Nemetz, M. et al. (2022). VRWalk – a Case Study Regarding Different Movement Options in Virtual Reality. In: Yilmaz, M., Clarke, P., Messnarz, R., Wöran, B. (eds) Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement. EuroSPI 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1646. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15559-8_57
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