Last night I finally got around to trying a few demos.. But after 1 hour, I had to stop as 'nausea' kicked in. I have never suffered travel sickness, in my life, but this hit me hard.. The feeling was overwhelming and I just had to stop.
However, as well as the nausea, I also found that I became clumsy.. I lacked the same spacial awarness that I had before, and found myself bumping into things.. Knocking thing over and spilling stuff.
And finally, this morning, the 3rd side effect has come to light.. Looking at my monitor just looks odd.. I can't seem to focus on it...
I fear that VR is going to have a rough ride in the public domain.. Its all well and good people wanting this technology, but would they be happy with the side effects? Will society accept a product which makes you "ill" even on a temporary basis (but who says its temporary)..
The fact that we live in a blame culture.. VR companies (such as Oculus) are going to expose themselves to liability.. What if someone crashed their car.. Or fell down the stairs? They can put all the disclaimers they want but I don't know if they can ever shed their liability... But I just have a feeling that in the coming years, the media is going to be all over the fact that "little Jimmy fell down the stairs after playing with his Virtual Reality toy" and this won't bode well for anyone involved with VR! Investors are gong to run a mile, when claims for damages come in, and horror stories appear in the media!
I don't have a good feeling about this.. But I could be wrong and am happy to be proved as such!
Im 99% sure you have a medical problem, consult a doctor. If you start feeling dizzy or nausea then stop using it, it should not take longer then a few minutes for you to be ok again.
Phew.. Thank god we have a doctor in the house... Perhaps you have just saved me from certain death...
Thats just about the most rediculous thing I have read in ages.. There is nothing wrong with me.. I don't need to see a doctor.. I am not complaining about the way it made ME feel. And for the record my symptoms are very minor... But unpleasant none the less.. I don't need doctor, any more than anyone else!
"Infinite" wrote: Trust me, as a developer you get used to zooming and twisting around in VR environments, the nausea is strong for a few days when you first try out the controlled demos. It's still there for a few weeks, lightly. Eventually it totally disappears and you can fly around like superman on steroids doing crazy spirals and loops without nausea and this is all without positional tracking! which will solve most problems.
I experienced the opposite to you, there must be a Latin or french name for it but my depth perception in real life increased, my 3D was stronger for some weird reason. It was a really strange thing, I still bump into things but I'm clumsy anyway 🙂
