Motion sickness is more common among women than among men. In vehicles, motion sickness is more common among passengers than among drivers. We asked whether these two effects might interact. In a yoked-control design using a head-mounted display, one member of each pair drove a virtual automobile, while the other member watched a recording of the driver’s performance. Overall reports of motion sickness were representative of previous research. We found no evidence that the incidence of motion sickness, or the severity of motion sickness symptoms differed between the sexes, or between drivers and passengers. However, among participants who discontinued early, the exposure time for female drivers was significantly less than for male drivers. The results confirm that motion sickness is a common effect of HMD use, and suggest that in virtual environments sex differences in motion sickness may vary with specific tasks.

女性比男性更容易晕车。在车辆中，晕车病在乘客中比在驾驶员中更为普遍。我们问这两个影响是否可能相互作用。在使用头戴式显示器的横摆控制设计中，每对成员中的一个驾驶虚拟汽车，而另一对成员观看驾驶员的驾驶记录。晕车的总体报告是以前研究的代表。我们没有发现证据表明晕车的发生率或晕车症状的严重程度在男女之间或驾驶员和乘客之间有所不同。但是，在提前中止的参与者中，女性驾驶员的暴露时间明显少于男性驾驶员。结果证实晕车是使用HMD的常见影响，