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Motion Sickness by VR Headset: Risk Ranking for Every Device

Cybersickness risk depends heavily on the headset: field of view, refresh rate, weight, and passthrough quality all change how easily a device triggers nausea. Below, every major headset is ranked by risk with the comfort settings that actually help. For the full playbook on stopping VR sickness fast, see our complete VR motion sickness guide.

Lowest motion sickness risk

Passthrough-first and well-stabilized headsets are easiest on sensitive users.

Highest motion sickness risk

Wide-FOV PC VR headsets are the most immersive — and the most likely to trigger nausea.

Apple

Bigscreen

HTC

Meta

Pico (ByteDance)

Pimax

Samsung

Sony

Valve

Varjo