Table 3: Experimental studies investigating causative factors of HMD-induced motion sicknes.

Number of Studies Groups Variables investigated References
26 (1) Studies investigating variables related to systems Display's field-of-view Moss [34], Draper [51]
System time delay Moss [34], Draper [51], Nelson [64], St. Pierre [65]
Optical characteristic Aykent [66] 66 Peli [14], Kooi [67], Sheedy [18], Kuze [17], Moss [68],
Ehrlich [69], Häkkinenl [70], Häkkinen [71] Moffitt [72], Kim [73],
Pölönen [37], Pölönen [74], Pölönen [52], Howarth [20], Howarth [19],
Kozulin [21], Vlad [75], Sharples [54], Nichols [22], Järvenpää [38], Järvenpää [39]
20 (2) Studies investigating variables related to individuals Age, gender Jaeger [48], Kolasinski [49], Häkkinen [69], Stanney [33], Kozulin [21], Mourant [76]
Posture stability Häkkinen [69], Smart [77], Owen [78], Cobb [79], Stoffregen [80]
Habituation Regan [81], Hill [82], Howarth [83], Kennedy [84]
Personality traits Takada [85], Ehrlich [50], Kotulak [86], Ehrlich [87], Kutsuna [88], Morse [89], Stoffregen [80]
28 (3) Studies investigating variables related to task characteristics Dynamic or static stimuli Jaeger [48], Ehrlich [50]
Vection Davis [90], Jang [91], Kuze [17], Smart [77], So [92], So [93], Mourant [76], Lo [94]
Duration Jaeger [48], Lampton [95], Kuze [17], Moss [34], Häkkinen [70], Stanney [32], Kozulin [21],
Kennedy [84], Ames [25], Rushton [24], Steinicke [96], Järvenpää [39], Aaltonen [26]
Viewing angle Mon-Williams [30], Pölönen [97]
Task content Jaeger [48], Häkkinen [70], Pölönen [52], Nelson [64], Järvenpää [39]
Sitting or standing Merhi [53], Stoffregen [80], Nichols [22]