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The Effects of Center of Mass on Comfort of Soft Belts Virtual Reality Devices

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Advances in Ergonomics in Design (AHFE 2018)

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With the development of technology, the VR (virtual reality) devices have become more and more popular. However, the effects of center of mass of the VR devices were not comprehensively investigated. The research is to find out the influence of center of mass of the soft belts VR devices on the wearing comfort. One-way within-subject ANOVA was conducted to test statistical differences of subjective discomfort ratings and physical loads on head. The results show that the closer center of mass of VR device to the pupil is, the lower subjective discomfort rating report. Meanwhile, the device with three belts is more comfortable than the device with two belts in general. Some suggestions about improving comfort of soft belts VR device are proposed.

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This research was support by the crucial technology exploration and application on ceramic 3D printing based on digital innovation design program and HW next generation virtual reality device study program through Hunan University.

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    Yiming Song, Yonghong Liu & Yan Yan

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Song, Y., Liu, Y., Yan, Y. (2019). The Effects of Center of Mass on Comfort of Soft Belts Virtual Reality Devices. In: Rebelo, F., Soares, M. (eds) Advances in Ergonomics in Design. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 777. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94706-8_35

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