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Cybersickness Prevention and Mitigation in Virtual Reality for Healthy Volunteers

NCT06552754 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2026-05-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Background:

People use virtual reality (VR) technology to play games, socialize, work, or receive medical care. Some people have "cybersickness" after using VR. Cybersickness is similar to motion sickness. Symptoms include eye strain, nausea, dizziness, or headache. The symptoms are usually mild and go away after the person stops using VR. New software called Motion Reset is being designed to reduce symptoms of cybersickness during VR use.

Objective:

To see if Motion Reset software can reduce cybersickness in people using VR.

Eligibility:

Healthy adults aged 18 to 60 years.

Design:

Participants will have 1 clinic visit that will last about 1 hour. They will answer questions about how they are feeling. They will learn how to use the VR headset and the handheld game controllers.

The study will be broken into 2 parts. For the first part, participants will be assigned to 1 of 3 groups:

Group 1 will participate in a VR experience designed to prevent cybersickness. They will view screens and move around while they press buttons on a controller.

Group 2 will participate in a VR experience that is not designed to prevent cybersickness. They will view screens and move around while they press buttons on a controller.

Group 3 will have no VR experience.

Participants will complete 2 questionnaires about their experiences in the first part of the study.

For the second part, all participants will spend up to 20 minutes playing a commercial VR game called Jurassic World Aftermath. Every few minutes, they will be asked if they are experiencing discomfort.

After playing the game, participants will complete 12 questionnaires about their experience....

Conditions

  • Healthy Volunteers
  • Virtual Reality

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Motion Reset

virtual reality-based experiential, sensory intervention

BEHAVIORAL

Placebo

virtual reality-based experiential, sensory experience without intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Susan J Persky, Ph.D. · National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-26
Primary Completion
2027-02-01
Completion
2027-02-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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