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

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[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Let’s see if vision pro holds up against this number with it’s special chip.

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[–] zerbey@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No motion sickness, but most VR games make me disorientated after a while and I just don't enjoy them very much. They're fun for a couple of hours once in a great while, but I never see myself doing it as a daily hobby.

[–] Pottsunami@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

VR still sucks, but didnt boats make people want to throw up. Then trains, then cars. They still do sometimes, but it'll be worth it

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think the challenge is that with transportation, there are approaches to reduce the impact such as looking at the horizon, sitting in the front where the motion impact isn't as severe, etc. With VR there's less way around it, and fewer ways to redirect your perception (yet). Which is why the percentages are higher than car users

[–] zesty@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

VR is like flying cars. It's a stupid idea that sounds cool.

[–] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago

I know I'm not really in a virtual world. A helmet isn't going to fool me.

[–] auf@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Women, as mentioned previously, are more likely than men to get VR sick. Asian people are more likely than other ethnicities to experience motion sickness in general.

~~It doesn't make sense. Also, I can't see any scientific evidence or sources that underpins this article mentioned. It's kinda racist, in a sense.~~

This proved to be a fact. My apologies.

You've got to get used to using new technologies. When iPhone was first introduced, people confused that there's no button to control things in the screen. The same thing is happening here.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone -4 points 1 year ago

What we can do about feeling sick is to ignore VR and never use it again.

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