Is Virtual Reality sickness elicited by illusory motion affected by gender and prior video gaming experience?

Katharina Margareta Theresa Pöhlmann; Louise O'Hare; Julia Föcker; Adrian Parke; Patrick Dickinson

Is Virtual Reality sickness elicited by illusory motion affected by gender and prior video gaming experience?

Katharina Margareta Theresa Pöhlmann^*, Louise O'Hare, Julia Föcker, Adrian Parke, Patrick Dickinson

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School of Education and Social Sciences

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Abstract

Gaming using VR headsets is becoming increasingly popular; how-ever, these displays can cause VR sickness. To investigate the effectsof gender and gamer type on VR sickness motion illusions are usedas stimuli, being a novel method of inducing the perception of motionwhilst minimising the “accommodation vergence conflict”. Femalesand those who do not play action games experienced more severeVR sickness symptoms compared to males and experienced actiongamers. The interaction of the gender and gamer type revealed thatprior video gaming experience was beneficial for females, however,for males, it did not show the same positive effects.

Original language	English
Pages	426-427
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 27 Mar 2021
Event	IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2021: Make Virtual Reality Diverse and Accessible - Online Duration: 27 Mar 2021 → 2 Apr 2021 https://ieeevr.org/2021/

Conference

Conference	IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2021
Abbreviated title	IEEE VR 2021
Period	27/03/21 → 2/04/21
Internet address	https://ieeevr.org/2021/

Keywords

virtual reality
Fraser Wilcox illusions
VR sickness
discomfort; head movements
gender
adaptation
habituation

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2021 02 18 Pohlmann et al Virtual acceptedAccepted author manuscript, 2.7 MB

https://conferences.computer.org/vrpub/pdfs/VRW2021-2ANNoldm4A10Ml9f63uYC9/136700a426/136700a426.pdf

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Is Virtual Reality sickness elicited by illusory motion affected by gender and prior video gaming experience? / Pöhlmann, Katharina Margareta Theresa; O'Hare, Louise; Föcker, Julia; Parke, Adrian; Dickinson, Patrick.

2021. 426-427 Poster session presented at IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2021, .