Stoffregen quoted in Vice article on Virtual Reality

StoffregenT_2015Thomas Stoffregen, Ph.D., School of Kinesiology professor and director of the Affordance Perception-Action Laboratory (APAL), was interviewed for an article by Motherboard, a news channel of Vice. His research has found that women are more susceptible to motion sickness, affecting the design of virtual reality sets for women.

“VR companies need to stop looking at this as an issue of technology design,” Stoffregen states in the article. “It’s an issue of how the user and the technology interact.” He adds: “First off, companies need to recognize that their products are sexist. Not sexist by intent; rather, sexist in their effects.”

Motherboard is an online magazine and video channel dedicated to the intersection of technology, science and humans.

Read the full article here.