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VRfriend2016X
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August 21, 2016
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If you use a Nose, you will get Less motion sickness?

  • August 21, 2016
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Is it true that if you put a Nose, there is less motion sickness? I read an article about it
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Best answer by vrdaveb
We tried that a while ago and it didn't make a major difference. However, showing a cockpit, visor, or grid can help by making the user associate optical flow from that with the acceleration they feel from their vestibular system.

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VRfriend2016XAuthor
Inspiring
August 21, 2016
and by nose i mean attach a nose object to the VR camera somehow
vrdavebAnswer
Inspiring
August 21, 2016
We tried that a while ago and it didn't make a major difference. However, showing a cockpit, visor, or grid can help by making the user associate optical flow from that with the acceleration they feel from their vestibular system.
Fulby
Inspiring
August 21, 2016
Are there any docs on this? In my Gear VR game the player is in a cockpit, I wondered if it would be a good to show acceleration by moving the viewpoint back slightly as the ship accelerates. Do you know if that would be a beneficial effect or just increase nausea?
vrdaveb
Inspiring
August 21, 2016
Yes, see https://developer3.oculus.com/documentation/intro-vr/latest/concepts/bp_app_simulator_sickness.

The paper that investigated nose rendering for reducing optical flow was from Whittinghill.
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