Motion Sickness/ Cyber Sickness

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Anyone who suffers from motion sickness/ cybersickness feel sick while playing Rogue Incursion? I want to buy the PSVR but don't want to risk it if I'm going to feel like I'm on a boat while I play.

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I do. And I was an idiot for not preparing well enough. I played some stationary VR games before and since that was okay, I rushed in with the VR headset (Meta Quest). When I installed the free Batman game, the very first second I started to move, the cybersickness was horrible. There are accessibility options for most VR games that make all that easier though. For us newbies, the vignettes are mandatory and snap turning is the only auto way to turn without releasing the contents of your stomach. But for your first time, I recommend you manually turn, don't use the thumbstick on the left trigger at all. Make sure you're not playing with an empty stomach, the room should be cool, turn on a fan or open a window so that you feel a slight breeze. And the second you start feeling discomfort, stop playing immediately. I get motion sickness here and there when being driven and just a tad on boats. Cybersickness is not the same at all! Unlike motion sickness which can be powered through sometimes, if you dare to do that with cybersickness, you will feel horrible for multiple days. So just stop when it gets too much for you and continue after a break. The good news is that if you setup the right conditions, you will start getting used to it, slowly but surely...

And I hope you've tested a VR headset somewhere before, cause if you're one of the people who need sharp and totally clear images to function, and are used to the crystal-clear stuff on PC and consoles, it might be a shock to find out what's the standard visual experience on VR. It's better than ever, but it's still console and PC quality, in terms of seamless graphics. And it's a pain to play VR with everyday prescription glasses btw. 

I don't want to scare you with any of this stuff, but if you don't prepare well enough and go in recklessly without enough info, you could be dissuaded from trying FPS VR games ever again, cause of a horrible first experience. But if done correctly, you should be able to adapt in time and enjoy yourself.

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I do. And I was an idiot for not preparing well enough. I played some stationary VR games before and since that was okay, I rushed in with the VR headset (Meta Quest). When I installed the free Batman game, the very first second I started to move, the cybersickness was horrible. There are accessibility options for most VR games that make all that easier though. For us newbies, the vignettes are mandatory and snap turning is the only auto way to turn without releasing the contents of your stomach. But for your first time, I recommend you manually turn, don't use the thumbstick on the left trigger at all. Make sure you're not playing with an empty stomach, the room should be cool, turn on a fan or open a window so that you feel a slight breeze. And the second you start feeling discomfort, stop playing immediately. I get motion sickness here and there when being driven and just a tad on boats. Cybersickness is not the same at all! Unlike motion sickness which can be powered through sometimes, if you dare to do that with cybersickness, you will feel horrible for multiple days. So just stop when it gets too much for you and continue after a break. The good news is that if you setup the right conditions, you will start getting used to it, slowly but surely...

And I hope you've tested a VR headset somewhere before, cause if you're one of the people who need sharp and totally clear images to function, and are used to the crystal-clear stuff on PC and consoles, it might be a shock to find out what's the standard visual experience on VR. It's better than ever, but it's still console and PC quality, in terms of seamless graphics. And it's a pain to play VR with everyday prescription glasses btw. 

I don't want to scare you with any of this stuff, but if you don't prepare well enough and go in recklessly without enough info, you could be dissuaded from trying FPS VR games ever again, cause of a horrible first experience. But if done correctly, you should be able to adapt in time and enjoy yourself.

wow this is a great write up here - thank you for your explanation and all of this information. I personally don't know if Id be able to handle it honestly even with all the settings and precautions you mentioned. Certain 1st Person games even on console destroy me, Isolation being one of them (even though I loved it and pushed through to completion). Setting up a fan as I play blowing directly at my face helps combat symptoms but it does not prevent the nausea and dizziness from eventually setting in.

Like you said the symptoms last for days whenever I try and power through once the cyber sickness sets in. That being said, honestly I don't think I could justify purchasing a PSVR for Rogue Incursion, as much I do want to play it, its not worth the sickness. I hope one day they figure out a way to trick the brain and prevent cybersickness. Either way - thanks again!

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I don't think I fully understood you there completely. When you say you felt bad when you played Isolation, you mean as a flatscreen, on console or PC? If that's the case, then VR almost certainly isn't for you. I highly recommend looking up the closest VR demo or VR/gaming arcade in your area and trying the headset and an FPS where you actually need to move (a non stationary VR game). If you're already hypothetically ready to spend a lot of cash on an expensive console for just one game (without any specific interests in playing other games on the console), to also have it not be a plug and play easy thing, instead you have to prepare so much for a tough and very short, limited session, is not worth it at all.

Always test things first. I hope cybersickness is resolved once and for all one day, but with all the improvements, the tech is still very limited.

[Sabres21768]

You can also take a motion sickness pill before you play.

I take Dramamine and it helps a lot.

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I don't think I fully understood you there completely. When you say you felt bad when you played Isolation, you mean as a flatscreen, on console or PC? If that's the case, then VR almost certainly isn't for you. I highly recommend looking up the closest VR demo or VR/gaming arcade in your area and trying the headset and an FPS where you actually need to move (a non stationary VR game). If you're already hypothetically ready to spend a lot of cash on an expensive console for just one game (without any specific interests in playing other games on the console), to also have it not be a plug and play easy thing, instead you have to prepare so much for a tough and very short, limited session, is not worth it at all.

Always test things first. I hope cybersickness is resolved once and for all one day, but with all the improvements, the tech is still very limited.

Yeah I think you're right as it just doesn't seem like it would make sense for me to invest at this point. I will take your advice and try and find a place that has VR available so that I can at the very minimum test things out a bit.

Also to answer your question, yes isolation on a flat 65" UHD tv. I think because of the head bob stuff while moving it triggered my cyber sickness.

You can also take a motion sickness pill before you play.

I take Dramamine and it helps a lot.

I'd have to try that too, just a shame if every time I want to play I'd have to take a Dramamine.

[Wysps]

I also suffer from motion sickness, even with non-VR games    Also recommending dramamine if you can deal with the mildly sedating effects, but it's not really a long-term solution.  Maybe at least until you can get used to the game.  There's other OTC meds you can try, but they'd probably be even more sedating.

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Yeah thanks for the recommendation, I'll definitely have to get something when Alien Isolation 2 comes out because that I have to play. They need an option to shut off that head bob, I find that kills me.

[Corporal Hicks]

The first few times I put on a headset, I found myself feeling ill as well. But I've just become used to it now. My big issue is sometimes I just overheat with this big ass headset on and I have to take it off after a couple of hours.

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Yeah that's how I imagine it would be for me, I consistently get cyber sickness with certain first person games (usually when there is an head-bob effect or tight close corridors) and after reading the comments here... I unfortunately will have to skip this one.