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VR still makes 40-70% of players want to throw up, and that's a huge problem for the companies behind it (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Why virtual reality makes a lot of us sick, and what we can do about it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can spend hours doing VR, prefer standing but some games are sitting. High paced jumping/spinning/flipping games. Elite dangerous, Sorento (sp), robo recall, windlands. No issue of sickness at any point, even with fps drops and frame hangs

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The only time I've ever felt nauseous playing VR games is when the game has sliding locomotion instead of teleport. When the whole world moves like I'm walking but I'm not actually walking, it feels like everything is slipping and creates nausea.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

VR has very little appeal to me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I read this as "40-70% of VR developers don't know what they are doing". What needs to be done to avoid motion sickness has been known for a long while now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Maybe we just aren't built to experience motion in this way.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meanwhile I'm over here still wanting to try it out.

The closest I've ever gotten was trying out virtual boy when it was brand new in stores and had one set up for people to try out.

I'd love to try it before buying. Not really interested in buying without it, but that's not how things work anymore. So I guess I'm just gonna skip it unless it gets massively popular and it's just everywhere and I'm stuck missing out on something huge if I don't have it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Some best buy stores have demos in the US where you can try it out for a bit. I honestly find the social aspects to be the most interesting part of VR (and I'm not a people person). A 10 minute demo isn't probably going to completely sell you on VR but they can answer questions etc.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm in the group that gets violently sick using VR. It also induces blinding migraines. Oddly, I don't get car/air/seasick.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I tried a VR headset in an electronics store once and I vomited almost immediately.

I bought a box of cookies for the janitor the next day.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Are they just using shitty headsets, such as the Oculus ones? I've never had this issue with HTC Vive OR Valve Index...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Clearly they need to understand how... much data they can manipulate at once

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I'm honestly curious about the science behind why VR makes some people motion sick. My first time using VR I never got motion sick once and never have since then. And my sister on the other hand got motion sick instantly when she tried it.