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GonnaNeedMoreSpit t1_j4uonv5 wrote

Didn't the American armed forces regect the military grade AR glasses due to hardened soldiers getting such severe motion sickness they stopped using them?

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AuroraFinem t1_j4vb8o7 wrote

“Hardened soldiers” aren’t any less susceptible to motion sickness. A lot of VR games used to give motion sickness and it’s possible to improve to get rid of it or make people experience it less, they found a performance issue, now they need to go back to try and fix it then test it again.

If everything got scrapped because it didn’t work initially we would have nothing.

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OSIRIStheGODofDEATH t1_j4vij8u wrote

Got a vr headset recently and never had any motion sickness in all but one game - so it’s definitely a performance / software issue that can be fixed.

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Gacsam t1_j4w9t7f wrote

It's also a person thing, I think. Some people in my family can play VR for a long at a time, others start feeling woozy and play in shorter bursts.

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SGTBookWorm t1_j4x5b3m wrote

I know people who get motion sick playing regular video games on a stationary screen, so it's an inherent flaw of VR/AR.

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GonnaNeedMoreSpit t1_j5616ty wrote

Certain games make me feel nauseous but most are fine. Its when the screen moves alot with the motion of the characters head. I think it's called camera sway, thankfully a lot of game have the option to switch it off.

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GonnaNeedMoreSpit t1_j560ynu wrote

I tired a couple game on a vr headset both times I felt very sick within 10 mins. But I also get seasick out at sea so I think it's a me thing. I wonder if the motion sickness tablets work for things like vr or ar headsets?

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quitelagikal t1_j4v0uje wrote

I think it was hololens

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NintendogsWithGuns t1_j4vz2or wrote

I’ve used the latest iteration of Hololens and never had an issue with motion sickness. Using the device while walking around the office is one thing, wearing it while sprinting through a war zone is another. I imagine Apple will stick with the headset fork factor until it can handle more physically strenuous use cases

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zeyore t1_j4uy5id wrote

they did, but they rejected by giving them more money for research and development.

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nobaseball1919 t1_j4vg03a wrote

They were testing AFAIK and AR isn’t new to the military either, pilots use AR in their helmets for flight data.

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