Repetitive Strain

epetitive Strain is the build up of pressure and stress on tissues of the body, notably muscle tissues, when that body part repeats the same motions over and over, at a speed or persistance it was never meant to cope with.

Traditional computer interfaces are very good at building up such repetitive strain, and constant repetition of the same movements leads to Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) where the stresses prove too much and actual damage to the tissue starts to accumulate.

Excessive typing, mouse use, even a display monitor, can all produce forms of such strain. One of the issues VR interfaces and any attempt to move beyond traditional interfaces have to deal with is how to allow a natural user interface, that does not depend on continual repetition of the same movements over and over – viable alternatives to input the same data always being available, so RSI never needs to occur.

See Also: Repetitive Strain Injury

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