Dataset and Analysis for "Walk This Beam: Impact of Different VR Balance Training Strategies and Height Exposure on Performance and Physiological Arousal"

Even slight variations in walking conditions like height or ground conditions can significantly impact walking performance. Virtual reality is used as a helpful tool to simulate such challenging situations.

However, there is no agreement on design strategies for balance training in virtual reality under stressful environmental conditions such as height exposure. We investigate how two different training strategies, imitation learning, and gamified learning, can help dynamic balance control performance across different stress conditions. Moreover, we evaluate the stress response as indexed by peripheral physiological measures of stress, perceived workload, and user experience.