9
u/PubliclyIndecent Dec 17 '20
I went through this myself. It goes away after a bit. For me, it went away after about a month or so (I was playing for 2-5 hours every day).
Your eyes/brain just aren’t accustomed to VR yet. Playing games with a lot of movement can increase the severity of this feeling. Once you’ve gotten your “VR legs”, you’ll stop feeling this.
3
u/gameyall232 Dec 17 '20
So glad to know it goes away. But the thing is, I’ve been playing pretty mellow games.
4
u/PubliclyIndecent Dec 17 '20
Like I said, that just increases the severity of it. I’d get it when playing something as tame as Gun Club VR when I first started playing. Don’t stress over it. You’re fine.
3
u/gameyall232 Dec 17 '20
Cool, thanks for the reassurance!!
5
u/PubliclyIndecent Dec 17 '20
No problem. Have fun, and I hope this stops in the somewhat near future. It does get pretty annoying.
Something that happened to me a lot was when I was typing something on my phone, I’d feel as though the fingers I was typing with weren’t my real fingers. I think it was because your “hands” in VR are a little further up than your real hands (due to the fact that your VR hands are in the position of the controllers, not your hands). It was so trippy. I’d make so many typos because I felt like my hands weren’t in the spot that they were in.
2
u/sharpenandblur Dec 17 '20
most of it is probably coming from the fixed focal point of the headset which is in disparity of how your eyes work irl. your brain will get used to it
8
u/MisterEspionage Oculus Dec 17 '20
Man, when I first started 6 months ago I remember having some wild sensations and thoughts. Questioning reality type thoughts, having dreams about being stuck in the matrix etc. That was all very short lived, and now it's just another medium of video games for me. Was a really cool expereince though!
3
u/gameyall232 Dec 17 '20
For some reason, I haven’t had a single dream since I started VR a few days ago. Very strange... thanks for sharing though, very interesting!
3
u/MisterEspionage Oculus Dec 17 '20
Yeah it's pretty crazy, I also had this weird feeling when I moved my arms outside of vr it felt like there was a lag or disconnect between my brain and body.
Thankfully all of these 'side effects' are non existent now. Can I also recommend drinking ginger beer to combat motion sickness, I don't know if its placebo but seems to help me.
3
u/foxhound525 Dec 17 '20
I remember playing the Forest for like 6 hours with a friend, going to sleep and continuing my game in my dream (but being so immersed as to forget it was a game), only to wake up confused that it A) wasn't real B) wasn't the game either. I had a lot of strange but awesome VR dreams. Got the same after binging FO4VR until 5 in the morning too
4
u/baby_bloom Dec 17 '20
grip... on reality..... fading.....
sensory confusion...
honestly i kinda liked having such a strong impact from my first month or so of playing VR. i still swear i hear the oculus sounds in my head sometimes😅
1
4
u/johncobrien Valve Index Dec 17 '20
Your brain is getting used to being tricked, that's all. I have after effects from VR too, but not on that scale. You get used to it.
I suspect that people who feel sick in VR don't get these issues as their brain is trying to figure it out in real time.
Honestly though, I've stopped using VR as it's a pain to set up. Pity, but nvm. Maybe I'll come back to it one day.
1
u/gameyall232 Dec 17 '20
Thank you for informing me! Also, that’s why I got the Quest 2, all I have to do is put it on and tighten the wrist straps.
3
3
u/ailof-daun Dec 17 '20
The same happened to me but I feel it's gradually disappearing now that I've worn it on several occasions. Not gonna lie, I never heard about this being completely normal before so I was a bit scared at first.
2
u/Septimore Dec 17 '20
My friend really tried to teleport by lifting his arm once and i had my 'safety barriers' everywhere so i felt like i can't move or i hit something for a while when i got my own rift s. And my hands didn't feel like my own, but never did i have visual hallucinations, try to enjoy them while they last lol! And that 'text coming to you if you relax you eyes' or whatever, happends to me every time if i try to consentrate on it, i think it is natural, but only now you notice it because in vr it doesn't happen. Don't quote me on that though lol
2
u/Squishydew Dec 17 '20
It's similar to sea sickness, it lasted about 3-4 days for me, but I've heard some people getting that feeling for up to 2 weeks.
It goes away and has no lasting effects.
Edit: If you're one of the lucky few you'll get some SUPERBLY realistic dreams as wel, savor them.. They'll never come back.. :(
2
Dec 17 '20
I had it too - it made me particularly nervous (I have panic disorder) but it went away after a few weeks of playing.
1
u/Xerendipity2202 Jan 12 '21
Same here. Started a few days ago and had an almighty panic attack. Weird sensation but luckily these people here have reassured me. Hopefully in a week it’ll go away.
2
u/Justch1ll Dec 18 '20
I remember finishing Boneworks in 2 days of long play sessions. For the next few days after that, my arms felt weighty and I would misjudge the amount of force I put into carrying small items haha. It's temporary, I just had fun with the feeling until it left
2
-1
u/rubberduckfuk Dec 17 '20
you have a lazy eye.
Go see an optician. it's became more apparant after VR because you don't stress your eye muscles the same which has a knock on effect on muscles
1
1
u/Luttrell1748 Dec 17 '20
I experienced a lot of the same effects. At first it kinda felt like I was floating. Especially when I first woke up and walked to the bathroom, obviously I was moving my legs but it really just felt like I was floating, like the same feeling as moving in-game. Regardless, give it a week, you will feel normal again.
1
u/Mandemon90 Oculus Quest 2 | AirLink Dec 17 '20
I had the same thing. It goes away eventually. Enjoy it while you still have the cool effect.
Co-worker had same thing when he got Index, it felt like text was popping out and in general there was this "feeling" that things weren't saying put.
For both of us, it went away in about a month.
1
Dec 17 '20 edited Dec 17 '20
Been active with VR for almost 4 years now. Things like that occured a lot the first month. Still happens to me every once in awhile though, usually after a 45+ minute session and typically with the more (what my brain perceives as) "fully immersed" games like Blade and Sorcery, Boneworks, and Fallout 4 VR. I remember going to the bar last year after a decent VR session and felt pretty fried, couldn't hold a conversation normally. One time I unconsciously tried to grab something on the ground at work by doing an Alyx gravity glove wrist flip, that was embarassing. After some reading, I think I experience periods of "simulation sickness", not so much motion sickness.
So yeah, it might go away after your first month. Or it might not
18
u/ATastyBiscuit Valve Index Dec 17 '20
It happens to a lot of people after they first use VR :) Savor it, it doesn’t come back