Gender differences in cybersickness: Clarifying confusion and identifying paths forward

Kelly, Jonathan W.; Gilbert, Stephen B.; Dorneich, Michael C.; Costabile, Kristi A.

doi:10.1109/vrw58643.2023.00067

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“…Females have been identified as more susceptible to cybersickness than males with HMD [19], especially due to their different computing and gaming experiences [18]. There are observed differences between the two genders, but the origins of these differences remain unclear [61,62].…”

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Influence of Normal Aging and Multisensory Data Fusion on Cybersickness and Postural Adaptation in Immersive Virtual Reality

Séba,

Maillot,

Hanneton

et al. 2023

Sensors

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Immersive Virtual Reality (VR) systems are expanding as sensorimotor readaptation tools for older adults. However, this purpose may be challenged by cybersickness occurrences possibly caused by sensory conflicts. This study aims to analyze the effects of aging and multisensory data fusion processes in the brain on cybersickness and the adaptation of postural responses when exposed to immersive VR. Methods: We repeatedly exposed 75 participants, aged 21 to 86, to immersive VR while recording the trajectory of their Center of Pressure (CoP). Participants rated their cybersickness after the first and fifth exposure. Results: The repeated exposures increased cybersickness and allowed for a decrease in postural responses from the second repetition, i.e., increased stability. We did not find any significant correlation between biological age and cybersickness scores. On the contrary, even if some postural responses are age-dependent, a significant postural adaptation occurred independently of age. The CoP trajectory length in the anteroposterior axis and mean velocity were the postural parameters the most affected by age and repetition. Conclusions: This study suggests that cybersickness and postural adaptation to immersive VR are not age-dependent and that cybersickness is unrelated to a deficit in postural adaptation or age. Age does not seem to influence the properties of multisensory data fusion.

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Influence of Normal Aging and Multisensory Data Fusion on Cybersickness and Postural Adaptation in Immersive Virtual Reality

Séba,

Maillot,

Hanneton

et al. 2023

Sensors

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“…For the low group, nausea, oculomotor, and disorientation did not differ. Whereas prior work on individual differences [17,10,13,14,16,12] has typically focused on overall sickness intensity (e.g., by aggregating across symptoms or using single-item measures of sickness), these findings identify distinct individual experiences in symptom patterns that could enable future interventions targeting certain groups of individuals or certain symptoms. Some studies on cybersickness have reported that severity of disorientation > nausea > oculomotor [30,31,26,32,47], averaged across all participants.…”

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“…Individuals vary in their experience of cybersickness. For example, women report greater sickness than do men [10,11,12,13,14,15,16]. Further, history of motion sickness and screen-based sickness positively associate with cybersickness [17,12,18,10,19], and have been found to partially mediate the relationship between gender and cybersickness [10].…”

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“…For example, women report greater sickness than do men [10,11,12,13,14,15,16]. Further, history of motion sickness and screen-based sickness positively associate with cybersickness [17,12,18,10,19], and have been found to partially mediate the relationship between gender and cybersickness [10]. Emerging research points to possible influences of other factors, such as personality [20,21], on cybersickness.…”

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“…It is well documented that individual differences in cybersickness severity are related to characteristics of the person, such as gender [10,11,12,13,14,15,16] and prior history of sickness [17,12,18,10,19]. Yet, research on individual differences in cybersickness has typically focused on overall sickness intensity, combining symptom subscales of the SSQ into a total score or using single-item sickness measures that do not distinguish between multiple symptoms [17,10,13,14,16,12]. A detailed understanding of individual differences in cybersickness should include whether individuals differ in the relative intensity of cybersickness symptoms.…”

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Profiles of cybersickness symptoms

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Hayes,

Doty

et al. 2024

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Cybersickness remains a significant problem that negatively affects the user experience in virtual reality (VR). This study used latent profile analysis (LPA) to explore whether there exist groups of individuals who experience common patterns of cybersickness symptoms. Participants played a VR game for up to 20 minutes. LPA indicated three groups with low, medium, and high overall cybersickness. Further, the groups differed in relative patterns of nausea, disorientation, and oculomotor symptoms. The high cybersickness group experienced greater disorientation than nausea, and greater nausea than oculomotor (D > N > O). The medium group experienced greater nausea than disorientation, and greater disorientation than oculomotor (N > D > O). The low group experienced greater nausea than oculomotor (N > O). Characteristics of group members varied across groups, including gender, virtual reality experience, video game experience, and history of motion sickness. Identifying groups within the experience of cybersickness may provide a path toward understanding individual differences in cybersickness. Further, understanding the cybersickness experiences of different users could enable future interventions that target certain groups of individuals or certain symptoms.

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An Analysis of the Sense of Presence and Cybersickness in Virtual Reality: The Influence of Content Type, Exposure Time, and Gender

Reisinho,

Silva,

Ferreira

et al. 2024

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Gender differences in cybersickness: Clarifying confusion and identifying paths forward

Cited by 13 publications

References 51 publications

Influence of Normal Aging and Multisensory Data Fusion on Cybersickness and Postural Adaptation in Immersive Virtual Reality

Influence of Normal Aging and Multisensory Data Fusion on Cybersickness and Postural Adaptation in Immersive Virtual Reality

Profiles of cybersickness symptoms

An Analysis of the Sense of Presence and Cybersickness in Virtual Reality: The Influence of Content Type, Exposure Time, and Gender

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