TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Scherz, Wilhelm
A1  - Corcoba Magaña, Victor
A1  - Seepold, Ralf
A1  - Martínez Madrid, Natividad
A1  - Ortega, Juan
T1  - Can Virtual Reality be used as a significant stressor for studies using ECG?
JF  - Procedia computer science
N2  - In previous studies, we used a method for detecting stress that was based exclusively on heart rate and ECG for differentiation between such situations as mental stress, physical activity, relaxation, and rest. As a response of the heart to these situations, we observed different behavior in the Root Mean Square of the Successive differences heartbeats (RMSSD). This study aims to analyze Virtual Reality via a virtual reality headset as an effective stressor for future works. The value of the Root Mean Square of the Successive Differences is an important marker for the parasympathetic effector on the heart and can provide information about stress. For these measurements, the RR interval was collected using a breast belt. In these studies, we can observe the Root Mean Square of the successive differences heartbeats. Additional sensors for the analysis were not used. We conducted experiments with ten subjects that had to drive a simulator for 25 minutes using monitors and 25 minutes using virtual reality headset. Before starting and after finishing each simulation, the subjects had to complete a survey in which they had to describe their mental state. The experiment results show that driving using virtual reality headset has some influence on the heart rate and RMSSD, but it does not significantly increase the stress of driving.
KW  - stress detection
KW  - ECG
KW  - driving
KW  - heart rate
KW  - cardiovascular
KW  - biovital signal
Y1  - 2020
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-29885
SN  - 1877-0509
SS  - 1877-0509
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2020.09.123
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2020.09.123
VL  - 176
SP  - 3255
EP  - 3262
S1  - 8
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -