Gender differences in cybersickness: Clarifying confusion and identifying paths forward

Cybersickness is a barrier to widespread adoption of virtual reality (VR). We summarize the literature and conclude that women experience more cybersickness than do men, but that the size of the gender effect is modest. We present a mediation and moderation framework for organizing existing research...

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Published in2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) pp. 283 - 288
Main Authors Kelly, Jonathan W., Gilbert, Stephen B., Dorneich, Michael C., Costabile, Kristi A.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.03.2023
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Cybersickness
Human-centered computing-Human computer interaction (HCI)-Interaction paradigms-Virtual reality
Mediation
Three-dimensional displays
User interfaces
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Summary:Cybersickness is a barrier to widespread adoption of virtual reality (VR). We summarize the literature and conclude that women experience more cybersickness than do men, but that the size of the gender effect is modest. We present a mediation and moderation framework for organizing existing research and proposing new questions about gender and cybersickness. A mediator causally connects gender and cybersickness, and a moderator changes the magnitude of the gender difference in cybersickness.
DOI:10.1109/VRW58643.2023.00067