Motion Sickness Reduction System

To address the Army need for innovative approaches that will reduce vehicle-display-induced motion sickness, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Motion Sickness Reduction (MSR) system. This proposed system is based on a new design that utilizes mature components developed in-house and COTS components. The innovation in integrating design and implementation of a foveated head-mounted display will enable the MSR system to reduce vehicle-display-induced motion sickness and to evaluate system performance. To do so, this MSR system offers reduced indirect vision driving (IVD) system latency (<80 ms), stabilization of the source video stream, and video correction in accordance with a driver’s or operator’s head movement. The system will have an automatic capability to evaluate its performance characteristics. These features directly address the PEO Integration acquisition program requirements to improve performance of drivers and C2 operators while operating in IVD mode. In Phase I, POC will demonstrate the feasibility of an MSR system prototype in laboratory experiments. In Phase II, POC plans to develop a fieldable prototype, test it on a military vehicle, and deliver it to the Army.