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

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[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 110 points 1 year 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.

[–] Danc4498@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 year 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?

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year 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!

[–] Danc4498@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think you want a nose for those videos.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Don't kink shame me

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