Classifying a discomfort level of a user when interacting with virtual reality (vr) content

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled to the processor and having stored therein instructions that, if executed by the computer system, cause the computer system to execute a method, comprising:
• accessing a model that identifies a plurality of learned patterns associated with baseline virtual reality (VR) content that is likely to cause discomfort, the baseline VR content including a first plurality of images;
• executing an application to generate data based on VR content of the application, the VR content including a second plurality of images, the executing of the application being controlled by a user;
• identifying one or more patterns in the data that correlate to one or more learned patterns from the model likely to cause discomfort;
• collecting physiological feedback from the user;
• determining one or more levels of discomfort for the user based on the physiological feedback when interfacing with the VR content in association with the one or more patterns in the data identified as likely to cause discomfort;
• classifying the user with a discomfort classification based on the one or more levels of discomfort that is determined, wherein the discomfort classification of the user indicates a discomfort tolerance level when interacting with the one or more patterns in the data that are identified as likely to cause discomfort;
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• generating a notification indicating that the VR content of the application generated from the executing of the application is likely to cause discomfort in the user based on the discomfort classification.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by a processor-based system, comprising:

• program instructions for accessing a model that identifies a plurality of learned patterns associated with baseline virtual reality (VR) content that is likely to cause discomfort, the baseline VR content including a first plurality of images;
• program instructions for executing an application to generate data based on VR content of the application, the VR content including a second plurality of images, the executing of the application being controlled by a user;
• program instructions for identifying one or more patterns in the data that correlate to one or more learned patterns from the model likely to cause discomfort;
• program instructions for collecting physiological feedback from the user;
• program instructions for determining one or more levels of discomfort for the user based on the physiological feedback when interfacing with the VR content in association with the one or more patterns in the data identified as likely to cause discomfort;
• program instructions for classifying the user with a discomfort classification based on the one or more levels of discomfort that is determined, wherein the discomfort classification of the user indicates a discomfort tolerance level when interacting with the one or more patterns in the data that are identified as likely to cause discomfort;
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• program instructions for generating a notification indicating that the VR content of the application generated from the executing of the application is likely to cause discomfort in the user based on the discomfort classification.