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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 11 months 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] 111 points 11 months ago (19 children)

Posted this reply in another instance, but several years ago researchers found that adding a virtual nose dramatically decreased motion sickness. However, I haven't seen any developers adding one in games. I wonder if it'd help.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (14 children)

When the camera movies without me physically moving, I am throwing up immediately. Do you mean a virtual nose would fix that?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Findings showed the virtual nose allowed people using the Tuscany villa simulation to play an average of 94.2 seconds longer without feeling sick, while those playing the roller coaster game played an average of 2.2 seconds longer.

Yeah instead of throwing up immediately, you won't throw up until 2.2 seconds in. Problem solved!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What about those, um, VR videos you can find online? I think 94 seconds is all I really need.