#DigitalHumanities scholars: where are all the Latinx DHers who do #3D, #VR, #AR? Anyone focus on US Latinx studies or Latin American studies? Are you out there? #humanidadesdigitales
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@angeldnieves also realize VR is deeply sexist (since the tech itself makes women throw up) and chat with Susana Loza at Hampshire about AR. I think the useful critique is coming for feminist media studies rather than AR.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
I would like to see the research that suggests that VR specifically makes women throw up. I have been demoing it in classes across the disciplines to hundreds of students and I have not found that reaction at all. I am not suggesting it doesn't exist, but would like to know more.
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It was flagged earlier by danah boyd. The feminist game scholars have been discussing this. It fits w/ the longer history of video game development that always default assumes players are white men. https://qz.com/192874/is-the-oculus-rift-designed-to-be-sexist/ …
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Thank you! I'm not sure how I missed this on FemTechRhet. For my year-long VR Grant I had three female student researchers - all WOC - and in the 26 demos we conducted none of us noticed this phenomenon.
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