Hi,

I've had a vr headset for a while, but don't overly use it as i start to get a bit of motion sickness.

So i was wondering if anyone else has this problem and are there ways to reduce or stop the feeling

16 hours ago, mazelda said:

Hi,

I've had a vr headset for a while, but don't overly use it as i start to get a bit of motion sickness.

So i was wondering if anyone else has this problem and are there ways to reduce or stop the feeling

Lots of ways to reduce it...

1.  Start with something slow.  Just walking in VR for example to acclimate.

2.  Use a fan to blow cold air on yourself while wearing the headset, airflow helps

3.  Concentrate on what your eyes are doing.  One of the greatest causes of motion sickness is your eyes not aligning to what your head/inner ears and body are feeling.  So the more you "follow" your eyes the more natural it becomes to your body.

 

We deal with this with new race instructors a lot.  Moving from the left seat to right seat and all of a sudden then get motion sickness.  The issue is their eyes are no longer watching the track to the extent they do when they drive.  So a couple of sharp turns where their head/eyes aren't aligned to where their bodies are going and they get sick.  If they sit in the passenger seat but focus their eyes like they are still driving no issues.  It's when mind/body/eyes/ears aren't in sync you get issus.

Start slow, focus on breathing and build up to it...

I’d say the more you use VR the less nauseating it becomes.

During the lockdown I was spending probably 6 hours a day in  VR   It was much nicer in there than the real world at the time. I had no motion sickness at all and I was throwing around high performance military jets low level through valleys in Scotland.

However I’ve been out of VR for a couple of months now as my attentions have turned to my summer time pursuits  of motorcycles and cars. I did a very brief session under VR a few days ago and could feel a bit of motion sickness again.

The smother you can get the sim running in VR the less nausea you experience.

Just have a few hourlong sessions, you’ll soon get acclimatised 

yep  as  the  above  posters  have  said,  took  me  about  a  week  to get  over it, once  you feel  your  getting   motion  sickness   you have  to stop   take  down the  time  that  you  felt  it.   than  see  if  the  time  gets  longer  till  you feel  the  same .  Now    it  doesnt  worry  me at  all  only  a  little   in  dcs  at low  level  but  that  comes  and  goes  and  last  for  a  second  or  so

23 hours ago, jon b said:

Just have a few hourlong sessions, you’ll soon get acclimatised 

I actually wouldn't recommend this.... If you start to feel motion sickness stop right away,  Just doing a few hour long sessions can leave you feeling brutally ill and I mean brutally ill if your not acclimated.  You are MUCH better doing shorter sessions and building up than a few hour long sessions.  If you get nauseous and don't stop right away it really can be brutal.  One of my friends tried and didn't feel well for 24 hours after 20 minutes.  

Start slow and build up...  

Yes, I probably didn’t phrase that very well. 
I agree , what I should of said is build up to it so you can manage an hour or so without feeling ill and then do a few hour long sessions to consolidate.

I think I’m back at square one now with VR not having used it for a few months so will have to go through the acclimatisation again , however it soon passes and the results are worth it, I think.

Many thanks guys. I will try your suggestions