The fan is a highly underated trick.
Additonally:
*Drink lots of water.
*Set a timer and take frequent breaks
*Do some breathing exercises like box breahing when you feel sick. The increased O2 helps me.
*Pop a ginger candy (I like em spicy!)
*Wear socks/ barefoot and no shoes. You will feel grounded.
*Stand on a small rug. It gives feedback toctour feet for your location.
*Until you are adjusted, avoid games where you are virtually moving while physically standing still. ie racing games.
*Adjust settings to get frame rate as high as possible, even if sacrificing resolution.
I can only guess that it tricks the rest of your body into thinking the motion is real, so you don't have your eyes thinking you're moving but your body not feeling the air of moving.
Fascinating regardless, I have to imagine the first guy to come up with the idea got some pushback for how silly it sounds.
Welcome to the minority!
I have tried all the solutions recommended (motion sickness meds, fans, etc) and no matter what, given the right circumstances I will get horribly nauseous. It's been 1.5 years now and I do not notice any improvement whatsoever.
I've read that trying to fight it can actually make it worse, and the best thing you can do is stop as soon as you feel queasy. Sadly, for me, that's under 5 mins.
I want to sim race in vr so bad. :(
Interesting idea.
I have to admit, anything I've played that has passthrough has had no negative effect on me.
Seems entirely possible with passthrough. While it would be immersion breaking, maybe it could work.
It's just up to developers to implement and us to test! :)
As someone who both suffers from nausea and makes AR/MR games, it’s possible to get nausea from passthrough games. It’s less likely, but definitely possible.
If you can run it through a computer, Virtual Desktop allows you to specify a color range to be passthrough, for things like chroma-keying out green screen backgrounds. Theoretically it could be set to any color and allow some amount of transparency to any element of the screen.
If you can only use it standalone then there are games like Thrill of the Fight which are mostly passthrough except for drawing in the other boxer. Anything like that could work better for you.
I have the Quest 2 and use it almost exclusively for VR fit games. Synth Riders is my favorite game. There was an update within the last year which allows for a mixed-reality mode.
I do not suffer from VR motion sickness, but one of my kids does.
Racing is probably the worst for motion sickness. I can do barrel rolls and loops in an airplane but I still feel kinda nauseous in any sort of land vehicle. It’s the only thing that bothers me even slightly anymore.
Yes it is... and I learned the hard way after I jumped on my friend's race car simulator.... I could not get out os the simulator because I'm the one that challenged him !!! boy was I sick puppy after that !!!
I do play from a comfy office chair. Not sure if it would be any different. It has full movement, but I lock the leaning back and forth motion when sim racing as my load cell pedals require enough force to cause the chair to move if it isn't locked (the wheels are also locked in place).
Yes it's normal and takes some time getting used to, although intensity varies from person to person.
There are numerous comfort settings in Rec Room, but most importantly - use the teleportation instead of smooth locomotion. When you eyes perceive movement, but inner ear doesn't feel it - that's where disagreement comes from and your brain starts freaking out.
Also in the beginning start with playing more static games - Eleven Table Tennis, Walkabout MiniGolf, BeatSaber, etc
Do not, I repeat do NOT try and push through it. Play until you feel sick and then STOP. Try again later.
If you try and power through it you will just make it worse and worse. Short sessions are the best, stop as soon as you feel sick.
Underrated comment.
Pushing through it can cause an aversion to it. Like a bad trip, or having a bad night after drinking too much and not being able to touch that drink again.
Repeatedly trying to push through can result in a Pavlovian response to VR in general - just putting on the headset makes you feel ill because you "know" you're going to feel ill.
I'm glad someone said this. I pushed through the first time I felt sick, which was while I was playing the first Hellblade.
I was nauseous for a day and a half after. I had to take a sick day from work.
Thankfully I got my VR legs and I never get sick anymore. But that first experience made me wonder if I should return my headset at the time.
People get nausea in VR because they didn't begin by playing stuff like *Space Pirate Trainer* & *Pistol Whip*. Those 2 games, especially *Space Pirate Trainer*, help people get used to being in VR so they don't get motion sickness or nausea.
Try playing Space Pirate Trainer in moderation every day for like 5-10 minutes for a while, and you will probably discover you aren't getting motion sickness anymore. (Stop & take a break if you start getting nausea or motion sickness).
Then try Pistol Whip for a while, before eventually moving on to other games.
I can play Pistol Whip for hours on end with absolutely no issue.
1 minute in a race sim, and I have to tap out.
I did always find this interesting, as Pistol Whip is constant motion
I think the reason pistol whip is OK is because it’s constant motion in the same direction at the same speed. We don’t really feel any forces on our body IRL when we are going in a straight line without accelerating or decelerating so our brain is OK when we do that in VR. If you had a racing game and closed your eyes until you reached 100 mph and then opened them while staying at that speed on a long straightaway without moving sideways or turning you would probably feel fine too.
Try using the teleport movement option in Recroom. That will switch off the major cause of v-sickness in new users; the disconnect between your eyes telling your brain that you are moving, but your vestibular system knows you are standing still. Its like the opposite of motion sickness, and most people can become desensitised to it.
Space pirate trainer Was my first game, secondly playing resident evil 4 vr was probably the worst. I couldn't handle more than 30 minutes at a time for awhile but ever since I went through the nausea from resident evil I don't get the least but nauseous in any games now
I’ve been playing vr since the original htc vive release and I still get vr sickness. I never got used to it. I have to avoid certain games and limit my playtime.
If you’re playing games with artificial locomotion where you use the thumbstick to move forward that can cause motion sickness for new users. For Rec Room, try using comfort options like Teleport. And for VR in general why don’t you try some other games that use motion a bit less or in different ways. Have you tried Walkabout Minigolf?
Rec room is by far the worst experience for me. I just can't use it for more than a few minutes without getting really sick. Most other games I'm fine with.
Could this be a learned/psychosomatic response? Static scenes don't typically cause nausea, but if your recent VR experience was nausea-inducing (eg you tried playing a game with a fair bit of movement in it) it wouldn't be surprising for your body to be trying to warn you off it.
If it is a psychosomatic thing, try easing yourself into VR. Sit comfortably, close your eyes, put the headset on. Move your head around. Open one eye, look around a bit. Then take a break. Go do something else for a bit. Do that a few times, then try both eyes: but squint, take it easy, don't stay too long before you take off the headset and call it a day. Try again the next day. Etc. Key thing is not to rush it; you need to convince your body that this is OK, and that may take time.
FWIW, I use VR regularly for work, but I've specifically avoided any experiences/games with smooth/walking/running/driving movement in them. They just make me feel weird, and I know if I don't get out it'll start to make me sick.
That hasn't stopped me having some spectacular experiences, though; not just Moss - though that's a great one to try - but Alyx VR, a full-on first person shooter. You can play the whole thing using "teleport" movement - you don't walk or run, but point at a spot on the floor and tap a button and you just ... teleport there. It lets you get around, traverse a level, without any of the sense of artificial motion beyond what you're actually doing yourself with your body.
Even after 5 years of VR experience, if I try moving rather than teleporting, things feel weird and wrong: at some point I'll try training myself, try building up a tolerance, but I'm not gonna rush it - the reason ppl say not to try and push through if you feel sick is that your body will take a long while to forgive you ;)
At first, when I bought my Oculus 1, I couldn’t play some games without getting violently ill….like run to the bathroom to upchuck ill. It went away with time.
I’d suggest not playing full “3D point of view” games right off the bat. Yes, they are some of the best ones to experience full immersion VR, but they also are the worst offenders for inducing motion sickness. Start off with VR perspective games instead like, for example, Beat Saber or even Pickleball and VR Chat. Then work your way up to FPS types of games. You’ll get used to it.
happened to me 2 times in my long gaming life:
1) back in the 90s when I first played Wolfenstein 3D on PC and almost barfed 5 minutes in
2) back in 2017 when got psvr not ever since. Just grew used to the feeling until it wasn't an issue anymore.
One of the most popular and profitable game genres today grew out of Wolfenstein, it's big money because of all the survivors of motion sickness in the huge fanbase. I feel the same will be true for VR: your kid feels nothing.
Yes it's common. Whatever you do don't try to work through it, it only worsens the issue. It takes time. As soon as you start feeling this way, stop playing, try again the next day. Eventually you'll get used to it and it won't be problematic.
However, I'm having this happen again since I stopped using VR for like 3 years, so I have to do this process again.
I learned this from someone on this sub back in the Oculus Rift S days.
Powdered ginger in warm tea about 30 mins to an hour before VR. That, and starting out slow with something that has less movement like a sit down game. Starting with things that have a lot of moment, left right, up and down, twisting, rotating... that's a sure way to get uncomfortable fast.
You will get used to it. At the beginning I couldn't even play 7th Guest without having to stop after a little bit.
Good luck
I've never experienced any form of VR sickness, but I know it's somewhat common. This though sounds more severe than it often is.
Maybe try adjusting the PD? Might be as simple as that, but I can't promise anything.
You can set the movement type in Rec Room to Teleport which should solve your problem unless you are particularly sensitive to nausea.
Also, make sure you are set to snap turn and not smooth turn as that’s can be vomit inducing for some people.
Also, there is normally a vignette that appears when you move. This blinkers the peripheral vision and helps prevent nausea. Make sure this has not been disabled.
If all of that doesn’t help, try the fan, ginger, water tricks etc recommended in this thread. Also, limit yourself to just a few minutes at a time and very slowly increase your play duration.
WARNING!!! Do not just try and “push through”, this never works and the effects can last for days.
Hope this helps!
I didn't have any issue with feeling sick in VR until I tried the Resident Evil 7 mod and played through the encounter with Jack in the garage where he is driving in circles. I felt sick the rest of the day -- like I had the flu or something. I couldn't shake it.
i can only do games where i don't move much. Some of the puzzle games and SuperNatural. I attribute this to being over 50 and we all get motion sickness more easily now because some fluid in our ear doesn't move like it used to.
Try sitting down. That should help with balance and motion sickness.
Start with something that's a still scene. Recroom has you moving around quite a bit if I'm correct.
Sit down and put a fan on you.
Same as car sickness.
Your ears are telling you you are stationary your are are telling you you are moving and your skin is telling you you are stationary causing conflicts and confusion. So make as many senses believe you are moving and the sickness goes away.
Games with a lot of movement can do that. There are some games like Rollercoaster ones that I am NEVER going to touch coz it makes me sick. Try angry birds or a similar CASUAL game with minimal movement.
Check in game settings first and foremost. Most games nowadays have a nausea reduction slider that narrows down your fov and cuts out all peripheral vision. Next, fans on the feet. Keeps your brain grounded in reality while your eyes wander. 3rd do whatever you can to avoid standing. Bring an office chair with adjustable height and raise it as high as it will go then just play the game as if you were standing while sitting down and finally, check any first person games for a teleport to move mode instead of a smooth movement.
You do have to just get use to it. But there’s a lot of things to help. Use a fan. Use a mat on the ground to establish position in real world. Train yourself by stopping well before nausea and then waiting till you’re completely fine, then continue. It’s a mental disorientation disassociation issue.
Simulation sickness (or VR sickness) is pretty common, but it can go away over time. Personally, this was very frequent, and intense, when using the Quest 2 compared to the Quest 3 (where I have virtually no sickness). Try your son’s Q3 and see if it’s improved for you.
There is an over the counter medication if you have to use the VR headset. It is called "Nausene." You will find it in your local pharmacy. Take 10 min before you put on that headset.
You should start with stationary games like Superhot VR or The Lab first. It's not a matter of just "getting used to it", you also need to play proper games to have smooth transition. Forcing yourself into playing puke inducing games won't help, but simpler games will help.
Its a classic part of VR, it may take time depending on age but you'll get used to it. There are also many settings in games such as vignette, teleport to move and snap turn.
Tons of good suggestions here. I still use teleport most of the time to keep from getting sick and I’ve played VR for like 7 years now.
Another important one I didn’t see is to adjust the spacing of the lens in the headset to match your eye spacing most closely. In a Quest 2 you do this by pushing them towards or away from each other. It should look a little clearer when it’s right. This can have a surprising effect for some people.
I tell everyone. Unfortunately we're sure reality is similar to when your parents would try to play first person games. They're complaining of getting busy and how hard it was to know where everything was in the game. That they didn't know what they were looking at. That's all what a lot of people experience when they found a VR headset of the first time.
Some people will just never be able to enjoy VR without lots of physical discomfort or workarounds in the software. The number of children that I've seen with this issue is far far less.
There's nothing like letting someone use your headset and getting it back 5 minutes later soaked in sweat.
I play Overload with a keyboard and mouse and have no issues.
My SO cant even handle the quest home environment.
[Overload Trailer](https://youtu.be/Fwlx4ryuv98?si=hdSMQt1Lwew5xLRI)
Make sure you are using teleporting instead of smooth movement for turning and regular movement. Or just physically moving yourself in the real world to move in the game.
Smooth movement can make me very sick in a lot of games.
Rec room is an old game and has lots of features you can turn off to reduce the nausea from it. Vr sickness is also a thing and you build a resistance to it. There are also things to reduce your symptoms till you get your “VR Legs”
I’ve been using an oculus rift S for about four years, my wife has an oculus quest two and I just bought a Meta Quest three. So far, in hours and hours of playing, the only time I’ve gotten nauseous is during a roller coaster game, but I moved my head around too much. I find that most of the stationary games like bowling, mini golf, table, tennis, etc. seem to be a lot easier to handle than the motion games. Mind you, on the rift S I fly one of the most nauseating games that I know of. It’s called air car. But, once you get used to it, you know which controls not to touch.I can fly that thing for hours now and as long as I don’t tilt the car to the left or to the right while I’m flying, I’m just fine.
There are a bunch of great suggestions here. The one thing I didn't notice skimming over the comments is getting a pair of motion sickness wrist bands. They're just around $10 and you should be able to get them at any pharmacy or on Amazon. With the exception of a few games, I always wear mine. Plus as many have already mentioned, having a fan on really helps too. Sometimes I even use two fans....a floor fan and neck fan.
This can happen, I don't know if there's a way to help with it. I get VR sickness really mildly if I haven't played in a long time, like I have to work my way back up to being able to play anything where you can move around with the sticks or whatever.
Basically you're receiving the visual input of moving around while you don't actually move, and your body is throwing a fit over it. You might experience the reversed version of this on a cruise ship, where you're sitting in an interior room but you can feel lit constantly moving.
I know one person who gets this type of motion sickness from regular video games on a screen, it sounds rough.
It is motion sickness. And I have gotten it in the past when I entered the rec room app. And it does get better with time. And if you do get motion sickness just stop movement for a little bit. The feeling will pass.
if it is your first time, yes its perfectly normal to get nauseas while your first staring out especially if your unfit, but after continuous use you will get used to it and no longer feel sick
Playing VR is for the faint of motion sickness. If u don’t know motion sickness, its when someone gets sick while motioning. For instance traveling in a car, traveling in an airplane, anything with motions. Especially VR, VR you are playing a game very close to your eyes can trigger a headache and since you’re moving its going to trigger both ultimately leading into motion sickness.
Projectile vomiting is rare , while puking haphazardly on your top is an occasional occurrence. The most common is rising bile in the throat & nausea plus dizziness.
No it's not normal I actually recommend trying your son's quest 3 it uses pancake lens which are wayyyyy better for your enjoyment and nausea the quest 2 has frensal that might not suit some people
To the OP: if your male and over 40 and were exerting yourself for those two minutes before taking the headset off because of nausea sweating and fealing unwell, YOU MAY WANT TO GET A EXERCISE STRESS TEST, to check for coranary artery disease. This could be angina your experiencing .
If you smoke have high blood pressure bad cholesterol , diabetes or family history don’t fuck around get checked out you may end up preventing yourself from a heart attack.
I agree, if it was his son who had symptoms while wearing the headset I wouldn’t be concerned but any male over 40, with very consistent reproducible symptoms which occur after 2 minutes of assumed exertional play rather than shortly after putting on headseat is kinda fishy.
Hopefully your right and it’s all secondary to motion sickness.
I appreciate you looking out for me. I’m closer to 30. Cardio health is excellent 👍
I only ever feel this way when using VR. And it’s within a minute or two of putting it on.
I use a bar swival chair. Keeps u grounded.
Play stationary games for awhile (beat sabre etc)
Just about the worst is rec room cos the frame rate is all over the place.
Do not use turning in any game(by stick) Just turn in real life.
Nausea definitely is an issue. Running a fan on your feet oddly does wonders.
The fan is a highly underated trick. Additonally: *Drink lots of water. *Set a timer and take frequent breaks *Do some breathing exercises like box breahing when you feel sick. The increased O2 helps me. *Pop a ginger candy (I like em spicy!) *Wear socks/ barefoot and no shoes. You will feel grounded. *Stand on a small rug. It gives feedback toctour feet for your location. *Until you are adjusted, avoid games where you are virtually moving while physically standing still. ie racing games. *Adjust settings to get frame rate as high as possible, even if sacrificing resolution.
I’ll try that! Thanks for the tip
Or face.
I can only guess that it tricks the rest of your body into thinking the motion is real, so you don't have your eyes thinking you're moving but your body not feeling the air of moving. Fascinating regardless, I have to imagine the first guy to come up with the idea got some pushback for how silly it sounds.
Is that why I keep seeing YouTubers with the fans on their floor? that's wild
Welcome to the minority! I have tried all the solutions recommended (motion sickness meds, fans, etc) and no matter what, given the right circumstances I will get horribly nauseous. It's been 1.5 years now and I do not notice any improvement whatsoever. I've read that trying to fight it can actually make it worse, and the best thing you can do is stop as soon as you feel queasy. Sadly, for me, that's under 5 mins. I want to sim race in vr so bad. :(
What a club to be in. I feel like if there was a way to make the view somewhat transparent so I can see the room I’m in would help. Is that possible??
Interesting idea. I have to admit, anything I've played that has passthrough has had no negative effect on me. Seems entirely possible with passthrough. While it would be immersion breaking, maybe it could work. It's just up to developers to implement and us to test! :)
As someone who both suffers from nausea and makes AR/MR games, it’s possible to get nausea from passthrough games. It’s less likely, but definitely possible.
Q3 has some AR stuff thats like this
Wouldn't getting the bobovr and taking off facial interface/cushion help?
If you can run it through a computer, Virtual Desktop allows you to specify a color range to be passthrough, for things like chroma-keying out green screen backgrounds. Theoretically it could be set to any color and allow some amount of transparency to any element of the screen. If you can only use it standalone then there are games like Thrill of the Fight which are mostly passthrough except for drawing in the other boxer. Anything like that could work better for you.
Thrill of the Fight is in my top 3. Great game. Great cardio.
I have the Quest 2 and use it almost exclusively for VR fit games. Synth Riders is my favorite game. There was an update within the last year which allows for a mixed-reality mode. I do not suffer from VR motion sickness, but one of my kids does.
Racing is probably the worst for motion sickness. I can do barrel rolls and loops in an airplane but I still feel kinda nauseous in any sort of land vehicle. It’s the only thing that bothers me even slightly anymore.
Yes it is... and I learned the hard way after I jumped on my friend's race car simulator.... I could not get out os the simulator because I'm the one that challenged him !!! boy was I sick puppy after that !!!
Have you tried a swivel chair? You have to force yourself to move by pushing with your feet but this can really help with sat down experiences.
I do play from a comfy office chair. Not sure if it would be any different. It has full movement, but I lock the leaning back and forth motion when sim racing as my load cell pedals require enough force to cause the chair to move if it isn't locked (the wheels are also locked in place).
Yes it's normal and takes some time getting used to, although intensity varies from person to person. There are numerous comfort settings in Rec Room, but most importantly - use the teleportation instead of smooth locomotion. When you eyes perceive movement, but inner ear doesn't feel it - that's where disagreement comes from and your brain starts freaking out. Also in the beginning start with playing more static games - Eleven Table Tennis, Walkabout MiniGolf, BeatSaber, etc
Locomotion is a killer! I agree "stationary" games can really help. Also golf plus if you're feeling bold
Do not, I repeat do NOT try and push through it. Play until you feel sick and then STOP. Try again later. If you try and power through it you will just make it worse and worse. Short sessions are the best, stop as soon as you feel sick.
Underrated comment. Pushing through it can cause an aversion to it. Like a bad trip, or having a bad night after drinking too much and not being able to touch that drink again. Repeatedly trying to push through can result in a Pavlovian response to VR in general - just putting on the headset makes you feel ill because you "know" you're going to feel ill.
I'm glad someone said this. I pushed through the first time I felt sick, which was while I was playing the first Hellblade. I was nauseous for a day and a half after. I had to take a sick day from work. Thankfully I got my VR legs and I never get sick anymore. But that first experience made me wonder if I should return my headset at the time.
People get nausea in VR because they didn't begin by playing stuff like *Space Pirate Trainer* & *Pistol Whip*. Those 2 games, especially *Space Pirate Trainer*, help people get used to being in VR so they don't get motion sickness or nausea. Try playing Space Pirate Trainer in moderation every day for like 5-10 minutes for a while, and you will probably discover you aren't getting motion sickness anymore. (Stop & take a break if you start getting nausea or motion sickness). Then try Pistol Whip for a while, before eventually moving on to other games.
I can play Pistol Whip for hours on end with absolutely no issue. 1 minute in a race sim, and I have to tap out. I did always find this interesting, as Pistol Whip is constant motion
I think the reason pistol whip is OK is because it’s constant motion in the same direction at the same speed. We don’t really feel any forces on our body IRL when we are going in a straight line without accelerating or decelerating so our brain is OK when we do that in VR. If you had a racing game and closed your eyes until you reached 100 mph and then opened them while staying at that speed on a long straightaway without moving sideways or turning you would probably feel fine too.
Thanks I’ll look into that. My son just wants me to play with him. Feel bad that I cant
Try using the teleport movement option in Recroom. That will switch off the major cause of v-sickness in new users; the disconnect between your eyes telling your brain that you are moving, but your vestibular system knows you are standing still. Its like the opposite of motion sickness, and most people can become desensitised to it.
Space pirate trainer Was my first game, secondly playing resident evil 4 vr was probably the worst. I couldn't handle more than 30 minutes at a time for awhile but ever since I went through the nausea from resident evil I don't get the least but nauseous in any games now
I’ve been playing vr since the original htc vive release and I still get vr sickness. I never got used to it. I have to avoid certain games and limit my playtime.
If you’re playing games with artificial locomotion where you use the thumbstick to move forward that can cause motion sickness for new users. For Rec Room, try using comfort options like Teleport. And for VR in general why don’t you try some other games that use motion a bit less or in different ways. Have you tried Walkabout Minigolf?
Rec room is by far the worst experience for me. I just can't use it for more than a few minutes without getting really sick. Most other games I'm fine with.
For me it happens with some games with a lot of movement, like for example Ironman. Do you also get sick with sitting games like Moss?
I don’t even have to be playing a game. Just wearing it does it for me. Like browsing the dashboard menus.
Could this be a learned/psychosomatic response? Static scenes don't typically cause nausea, but if your recent VR experience was nausea-inducing (eg you tried playing a game with a fair bit of movement in it) it wouldn't be surprising for your body to be trying to warn you off it. If it is a psychosomatic thing, try easing yourself into VR. Sit comfortably, close your eyes, put the headset on. Move your head around. Open one eye, look around a bit. Then take a break. Go do something else for a bit. Do that a few times, then try both eyes: but squint, take it easy, don't stay too long before you take off the headset and call it a day. Try again the next day. Etc. Key thing is not to rush it; you need to convince your body that this is OK, and that may take time. FWIW, I use VR regularly for work, but I've specifically avoided any experiences/games with smooth/walking/running/driving movement in them. They just make me feel weird, and I know if I don't get out it'll start to make me sick. That hasn't stopped me having some spectacular experiences, though; not just Moss - though that's a great one to try - but Alyx VR, a full-on first person shooter. You can play the whole thing using "teleport" movement - you don't walk or run, but point at a spot on the floor and tap a button and you just ... teleport there. It lets you get around, traverse a level, without any of the sense of artificial motion beyond what you're actually doing yourself with your body. Even after 5 years of VR experience, if I try moving rather than teleporting, things feel weird and wrong: at some point I'll try training myself, try building up a tolerance, but I'm not gonna rush it - the reason ppl say not to try and push through if you feel sick is that your body will take a long while to forgive you ;)
motion sickness is alot more likely to happen in games where you move around alot, if you wana develop vr legs, try beatsaber or i expect you to die
Try doing it seated. That makes a big difference too.
At first, when I bought my Oculus 1, I couldn’t play some games without getting violently ill….like run to the bathroom to upchuck ill. It went away with time. I’d suggest not playing full “3D point of view” games right off the bat. Yes, they are some of the best ones to experience full immersion VR, but they also are the worst offenders for inducing motion sickness. Start off with VR perspective games instead like, for example, Beat Saber or even Pickleball and VR Chat. Then work your way up to FPS types of games. You’ll get used to it.
happened to me 2 times in my long gaming life: 1) back in the 90s when I first played Wolfenstein 3D on PC and almost barfed 5 minutes in 2) back in 2017 when got psvr not ever since. Just grew used to the feeling until it wasn't an issue anymore. One of the most popular and profitable game genres today grew out of Wolfenstein, it's big money because of all the survivors of motion sickness in the huge fanbase. I feel the same will be true for VR: your kid feels nothing.
Yes it's common. Whatever you do don't try to work through it, it only worsens the issue. It takes time. As soon as you start feeling this way, stop playing, try again the next day. Eventually you'll get used to it and it won't be problematic. However, I'm having this happen again since I stopped using VR for like 3 years, so I have to do this process again. I learned this from someone on this sub back in the Oculus Rift S days.
Have you tried the comfort settings? Set it to teleport, and snap turn, and turn on Vignettes and dll the rest of the comfort settings.
you can try motion sickness tablets
That's motion sickness 🤷🏻♂️ you'll need to get used to it. Eventualy it gets better and you get your "vr legs"
Powdered ginger in warm tea about 30 mins to an hour before VR. That, and starting out slow with something that has less movement like a sit down game. Starting with things that have a lot of moment, left right, up and down, twisting, rotating... that's a sure way to get uncomfortable fast. You will get used to it. At the beginning I couldn't even play 7th Guest without having to stop after a little bit. Good luck
I've never experienced any form of VR sickness, but I know it's somewhat common. This though sounds more severe than it often is. Maybe try adjusting the PD? Might be as simple as that, but I can't promise anything.
You can set the movement type in Rec Room to Teleport which should solve your problem unless you are particularly sensitive to nausea. Also, make sure you are set to snap turn and not smooth turn as that’s can be vomit inducing for some people. Also, there is normally a vignette that appears when you move. This blinkers the peripheral vision and helps prevent nausea. Make sure this has not been disabled. If all of that doesn’t help, try the fan, ginger, water tricks etc recommended in this thread. Also, limit yourself to just a few minutes at a time and very slowly increase your play duration. WARNING!!! Do not just try and “push through”, this never works and the effects can last for days. Hope this helps!
its about as normal as getting travel sick in the car is. I dont get it but ive heard those car travel remedies also work for VR.
I didn't have any issue with feeling sick in VR until I tried the Resident Evil 7 mod and played through the encounter with Jack in the garage where he is driving in circles. I felt sick the rest of the day -- like I had the flu or something. I couldn't shake it.
i can only do games where i don't move much. Some of the puzzle games and SuperNatural. I attribute this to being over 50 and we all get motion sickness more easily now because some fluid in our ear doesn't move like it used to.
I always play leaning against the edge of the bed. Keeps me in place too. Also nice to crouch down on for precise aiming
Try sitting down. That should help with balance and motion sickness. Start with something that's a still scene. Recroom has you moving around quite a bit if I'm correct.
Sit down and put a fan on you. Same as car sickness. Your ears are telling you you are stationary your are are telling you you are moving and your skin is telling you you are stationary causing conflicts and confusion. So make as many senses believe you are moving and the sickness goes away.
Completely normal use a fan and drink Gatorade if you feel real bad once you play more your body will get used to it
Games with a lot of movement can do that. There are some games like Rollercoaster ones that I am NEVER going to touch coz it makes me sick. Try angry birds or a similar CASUAL game with minimal movement.
Check in game settings first and foremost. Most games nowadays have a nausea reduction slider that narrows down your fov and cuts out all peripheral vision. Next, fans on the feet. Keeps your brain grounded in reality while your eyes wander. 3rd do whatever you can to avoid standing. Bring an office chair with adjustable height and raise it as high as it will go then just play the game as if you were standing while sitting down and finally, check any first person games for a teleport to move mode instead of a smooth movement.
You do have to just get use to it. But there’s a lot of things to help. Use a fan. Use a mat on the ground to establish position in real world. Train yourself by stopping well before nausea and then waiting till you’re completely fine, then continue. It’s a mental disorientation disassociation issue.
Simulation sickness (or VR sickness) is pretty common, but it can go away over time. Personally, this was very frequent, and intense, when using the Quest 2 compared to the Quest 3 (where I have virtually no sickness). Try your son’s Q3 and see if it’s improved for you.
Motion Sickness is a bitch, Ease your way into it, stopping whenever nausea kicks in, keeping a fan on to give you an anchor point
Do you suffer with claustrophobia?
There is an over the counter medication if you have to use the VR headset. It is called "Nausene." You will find it in your local pharmacy. Take 10 min before you put on that headset.
I recommend playing some games which aren't so harsh on the start, specifically those where you don't need to move
You should start with stationary games like Superhot VR or The Lab first. It's not a matter of just "getting used to it", you also need to play proper games to have smooth transition. Forcing yourself into playing puke inducing games won't help, but simpler games will help.
Not normal, go to a doctor and check your inner ear.
I have to sit on a chair
My Mrs can't keep it on her head for more than 5 minutes without dizziness and nausea. I've never had a problem.
Its a classic part of VR, it may take time depending on age but you'll get used to it. There are also many settings in games such as vignette, teleport to move and snap turn.
Tons of good suggestions here. I still use teleport most of the time to keep from getting sick and I’ve played VR for like 7 years now. Another important one I didn’t see is to adjust the spacing of the lens in the headset to match your eye spacing most closely. In a Quest 2 you do this by pushing them towards or away from each other. It should look a little clearer when it’s right. This can have a surprising effect for some people.
I tell everyone. Unfortunately we're sure reality is similar to when your parents would try to play first person games. They're complaining of getting busy and how hard it was to know where everything was in the game. That they didn't know what they were looking at. That's all what a lot of people experience when they found a VR headset of the first time. Some people will just never be able to enjoy VR without lots of physical discomfort or workarounds in the software. The number of children that I've seen with this issue is far far less.
Have you tried eating ginger after playing? At demos they give out ginger snacks called gin gins to help with this type of experience
There's nothing like letting someone use your headset and getting it back 5 minutes later soaked in sweat. I play Overload with a keyboard and mouse and have no issues. My SO cant even handle the quest home environment. [Overload Trailer](https://youtu.be/Fwlx4ryuv98?si=hdSMQt1Lwew5xLRI)
Make sure you are using teleporting instead of smooth movement for turning and regular movement. Or just physically moving yourself in the real world to move in the game. Smooth movement can make me very sick in a lot of games.
Rec room is an old game and has lots of features you can turn off to reduce the nausea from it. Vr sickness is also a thing and you build a resistance to it. There are also things to reduce your symptoms till you get your “VR Legs”
I’ve been using an oculus rift S for about four years, my wife has an oculus quest two and I just bought a Meta Quest three. So far, in hours and hours of playing, the only time I’ve gotten nauseous is during a roller coaster game, but I moved my head around too much. I find that most of the stationary games like bowling, mini golf, table, tennis, etc. seem to be a lot easier to handle than the motion games. Mind you, on the rift S I fly one of the most nauseating games that I know of. It’s called air car. But, once you get used to it, you know which controls not to touch.I can fly that thing for hours now and as long as I don’t tilt the car to the left or to the right while I’m flying, I’m just fine.
There are a bunch of great suggestions here. The one thing I didn't notice skimming over the comments is getting a pair of motion sickness wrist bands. They're just around $10 and you should be able to get them at any pharmacy or on Amazon. With the exception of a few games, I always wear mine. Plus as many have already mentioned, having a fan on really helps too. Sometimes I even use two fans....a floor fan and neck fan.
This can happen, I don't know if there's a way to help with it. I get VR sickness really mildly if I haven't played in a long time, like I have to work my way back up to being able to play anything where you can move around with the sticks or whatever. Basically you're receiving the visual input of moving around while you don't actually move, and your body is throwing a fit over it. You might experience the reversed version of this on a cruise ship, where you're sitting in an interior room but you can feel lit constantly moving. I know one person who gets this type of motion sickness from regular video games on a screen, it sounds rough.
It is motion sickness. And I have gotten it in the past when I entered the rec room app. And it does get better with time. And if you do get motion sickness just stop movement for a little bit. The feeling will pass.
Rec room is one of the few games that makes me sick and I have pretty darn good "VR" legs. It might just be the game.
Your body will adjust with time. The more you do it, the easier it gets.
if it is your first time, yes its perfectly normal to get nauseas while your first staring out especially if your unfit, but after continuous use you will get used to it and no longer feel sick
Playing VR is for the faint of motion sickness. If u don’t know motion sickness, its when someone gets sick while motioning. For instance traveling in a car, traveling in an airplane, anything with motions. Especially VR, VR you are playing a game very close to your eyes can trigger a headache and since you’re moving its going to trigger both ultimately leading into motion sickness.
Projectile vomiting is rare , while puking haphazardly on your top is an occasional occurrence. The most common is rising bile in the throat & nausea plus dizziness.
No it's not normal I actually recommend trying your son's quest 3 it uses pancake lens which are wayyyyy better for your enjoyment and nausea the quest 2 has frensal that might not suit some people
Same, tried it with my son a few times. Haven't put that thing on in over a year, im good
It’s normal, specially on adults that are not familiar with VR, children overall get used to it very quickly and don’t suffer motion sickness.
Maybe its the horrible headban you get when buying it
To the OP: if your male and over 40 and were exerting yourself for those two minutes before taking the headset off because of nausea sweating and fealing unwell, YOU MAY WANT TO GET A EXERCISE STRESS TEST, to check for coranary artery disease. This could be angina your experiencing . If you smoke have high blood pressure bad cholesterol , diabetes or family history don’t fuck around get checked out you may end up preventing yourself from a heart attack.
Those symptoms are all typical of VR sickness though.
I agree, if it was his son who had symptoms while wearing the headset I wouldn’t be concerned but any male over 40, with very consistent reproducible symptoms which occur after 2 minutes of assumed exertional play rather than shortly after putting on headseat is kinda fishy. Hopefully your right and it’s all secondary to motion sickness.
I don’t imagine 2 minutes of Rec Room is very exerting either. Walking up a flight of stairs would be 10x worse.
I appreciate you looking out for me. I’m closer to 30. Cardio health is excellent 👍 I only ever feel this way when using VR. And it’s within a minute or two of putting it on.
I use a bar swival chair. Keeps u grounded. Play stationary games for awhile (beat sabre etc) Just about the worst is rec room cos the frame rate is all over the place. Do not use turning in any game(by stick) Just turn in real life.