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Sexist technology

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• New scientist (1971), 2020-08, Vol.247 (3296), p.49

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London: New Scientist

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2020

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• Motion sickness is predicted to become more widespread with increasing use of nausea-inducing VR headsets in gaming and for business meetings. Part of the problem is their size. Bas Rokers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has found that the lenses on the average VR headset are too far apart to work properly for the eyes of 5 per cent of men and 90 per cent of women, and that this results in greater risk of nausea. "The technology is sexist," says Thomas Stoffregen at the University of Minnesota. "VR can be up to four times more nauseating for women."