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

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You get used to it. I think people try it for a short while and give up.

    Even playing fast-paced shooters on a widescreen will make me slightly “screen-sick” if I haven’t played in a month or two, but it goes away by the next day.

    I found VR to be worse for the first couple days, but then it fades, too, and pretty quickly it becomes second nature.

    Worst thing I found with VR headsets is the heat. Those displays and sometimes the gpu (depending on headset) get warm, and the HMD is snug on your face so it gets too warm sometimes.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I remember in the heyday of the N64 3D games would make people nauseous. Especially watching someone play, I remember my mother just couldn’t be in the room while I was playing Shadows of the Empire. She’s a BOTW veteran now. I think there’s definitely some getting used to it.

      • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Yeh, it’s far worse to watch someone else play. I never watch YT vids of others playing. Blergh, can’t handle what they expect their brain to see when my brain is looking a diff direction.

    • PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      For me, I seem to be one of the lucky people that don’t get motion sickness. I still don’t like VR. Why? Because the stupidly low resolutions they run at in order to achieve better frames makes it hard to even tell what’s going on. You can forget about being able to read any text. It’s like playing the game with a wire mesh separating you and the screen it’s so bad. Last time I used a VR headset was HTC vive though.

      • aidan@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        The reason the Vive felt low resolution wasn’t because it was trying to get better performance, it was because it wasn’t that dense of a screen, and the lenses it used.

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        With DLSS you can achieve a pretty high resolution when using VR headsets. The HP Reverb 2 have a quite high resolution (2160p per eye) and the screen door effect is reduced significantly, IMO to the point that it’s not noticeable anymore.

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        1 year ago

        Depends on the HMD. I’m using an HP headset on a 3080 GPU. Framerates aren’t a problem. Screen door effect barely registers. Porthole…better than most, but FoV is pretty good.

        It’s what you are expecting on an OLED widescreen vs the HMD you use? Is it going to be perfect in 4K? No…the tech isn’t there yet.