VR Motion Sickness Patents Date to 1990s
Virtual reality motion sickness, a topic at the Society of Motion Picture and TV Engineers conference (see 1610270023), came up in 60-plus patents granted over 20 years, our search at the Patent and Trademark Office found. New applications on cures…
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and prevention are being filed. Disney, Hughes, Intel, Kodak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Olympus, Philips, Panasonic and Raytheon are among those getting patents. A Kodak patent from 2010 (US 8594381) described motion sickness as “a significant obstacle for users of immersive and virtual reality systems and head-mounted displays, limiting their widespread adoption despite their advantages in a range of applications in gaming and entertainment ... and augmented reality.” A wide range of VR technologies can cause motion sickness, said two 1994 Disney patents (US 6007338 and 5551920). Causes of VR motion sickness are “various,” said a Sony application published by PTO in August (2016/0246057).