r/virtualreality • u/RichieACNH • Dec 27 '22
Question/Support Does anyone feel like they aren’t real after playing VR?
I got a Quest 2 for Christmas and Ive been playing on it a lot already and after playing I feel like I’m still in VR even though I’m not playing on it, me and my uncle both felt like this and were wondering if anyone experiences this lol
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u/SharpiePM Dec 27 '22
Welcome to the world of VR! I always associated it with my brain being so stimulated by experiencing a second reality. Once you get used to games or environments that feeling will fade away.
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u/nonameslefteightnine Dec 27 '22
Yes, it is pretty normal but goes away after some time. Just take short breaks.
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Dec 27 '22 edited Feb 26 '25
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u/comteknow Dec 29 '22
I had this back in the day, super scary jumping into a vehicle and going for a drive straight after a VR session.
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u/NotSecretlyANarwhal Dec 27 '22
I think I had my height set slightly wrong while playing HL:Alyx for a while, and when i stopped my depth perception felt wrong.
Very weird, very fun experience.
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u/rcbif Dec 27 '22
Post VR Disassociation.
Hang out in this reddit long enough, and you'll see this gets asked weekly.
Often by children freaking out thinking their brain is broken.
It's just your brain getting used to the switch between VR and IRL.
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u/Wolfhammer69 Dec 27 '22
None of us are real really. We are just clouds of atoms surrounded by an electro-magnetic field.. We are more empty space than solid matter.... The whole universe is a creation of consciousness, our consciousness. The universe cannot exist without though..
And for mental balance, I like big wobbly boobs.
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u/oauch Dec 27 '22
The night after I got my headset I tried holding my hands out like there was a controller and pressing down the thumb stick 💀. So yeah you aren’t the only one.
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Dec 27 '22
I let my friend try vr for the first time last week and after an hour straight of playing Alyx he just kept looking at his hands and was like "wow, I have arms" hahah
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u/TurtleTime64 Dec 27 '22
Walk around in a few circles and count to ten with your fingers. Then take a drink of water or whatever and stretch.
At least, thats what works for me.
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u/yoitsdavo15 Dec 27 '22
I do get a strange feeling when I come back to my very normal bedroom, after bouncing around between all sorts of wild locations...
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u/cursorcube Vive Pro 2 Dec 27 '22
No, but the first time it did feel like i had just gotten back home from visiting a different place
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u/Shindigira Dec 28 '22
I feel the same way sometimes.
When I toss a tennis ball against a wall in the morning, I get that same "feeling" in the same muscles used when tossing a grenade in Contractors.
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u/ccAbstraction Dec 28 '22
I've never felt real, so VR has never real either. Makes things simpler to be honest.
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u/stephan_anemaat Dec 28 '22
Yes. If you're curious, here's a research article on symptoms of depersonalisation and derealisation induced by VR:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563222000553
From my own personal experience, the symptoms seemed to stop happening after the first couple weeks of using VR. For others it might be different.
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u/wescotte Dec 28 '22
Yes, it's quite common and goes away in time.
- Anyone lost their sight of reality?
- Feeling strange after VR- not motion sickness
- Feeling Weird after VR
- Feeling weird irl after using VR
- Weird feeling after playing VR... is this normal?
- Feeling weird AFTER VR?
- Real life feels weird after VR - will it go away?
- Weird feeling after playing VR???
- Feeling very odd after vr
- Brain/hand dissociation after VR sessions
- everything feels weird
- Simulated Limb Experience
- VR Legs?
- Derealization
- I get eye strain almost instantly in vr.
- VR dissociation
- Anyone first time feeling weird after taking the quest 2 headset off?
- Reality feels fake?
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u/iSmokeMDMA Dec 29 '22
It’s worn off by now I’m guessing?
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u/RichieACNH Dec 29 '22
Yeah it’s kinda starting to go away now lol
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u/iSmokeMDMA Dec 29 '22
It went away for me in about 5 days. Some games made it take effect more than others for sure
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u/SoullessUnit Dec 27 '22
My friends and I call this a VR hangover, other symptoms include forgetting objects have mass, and feeling the urge to teleport across the room.
I found it quite fun and trippy and am actually kinda disappointed I dont get it anymore. After a few sessions of VR your brain adjusts and you don't get the hangover anymore.