Towards a common understanding of Simulator Sickness

Abstract. A limitation to the use of driving simulators is simulator sickness. Its discomforting symptoms frequently impact the quality of measurements and complicate interpretation of results obtained from simulator studies. With a yet unclear cause of motion sickness, ever-increasing technological advances in simulator development and the rising demand to study (automated) carsickness, there is a need to align on the definition of simulator sickness. As its exact representation is oftentimes unclear, we present a theoretical vision on the definition of motion sickness, visually induced motion sickness (cybersickness) and lastly simulator sickness and its possible causes.