Poll: Video Game Induced Motion Sickness
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I get gaming sickness all the time. Almost all games in First-Person, and certain games in third person (like if you're right up to the back of the character, or the screen bounces while you run, or the bg moves constantly.) I've almost got what makes me sick in games down to a freaking science. First time I felt motion sickness while gaming was with Duke Nukem.
To fight it, I've found a few steps that can help:
1. Always play in a well-lit room. If you're playing at night, have some lights on.
2. Take breaks after every 30 minutes. Lets the eyes rest.
3. Don't sit insanely close to the screen. Obvious reasons.
4. Take Ginger Pills (or Dramamine) before playing games that you know will make you dizzy. Ginger pills are easier to come by and don't make you drowsy.
5. If you do feel sick, don't push it. Pause the game and take an insta-break. During this time, step outside for air or drink a glass of water. Chew gum. Pet a cat. Something to get your mind in the right order.
I still can't play certain games (most FPS's), usually do to the game's mechanics - such as a shoddy camera scheme. And I also found that Wii games don't make me nearly as sick as other systems. Something about sitting forward with a wiimote opposed to a standard controller. Even gamecube games on the Wii can make me sick, but I can somehow complete the Metroid Prime series and Zelda Twilight with a wiimote with little to no problem.
To fight it, I've found a few steps that can help:
1. Always play in a well-lit room. If you're playing at night, have some lights on.
2. Take breaks after every 30 minutes. Lets the eyes rest.
3. Don't sit insanely close to the screen. Obvious reasons.
4. Take Ginger Pills (or Dramamine) before playing games that you know will make you dizzy. Ginger pills are easier to come by and don't make you drowsy.
5. If you do feel sick, don't push it. Pause the game and take an insta-break. During this time, step outside for air or drink a glass of water. Chew gum. Pet a cat. Something to get your mind in the right order.
I still can't play certain games (most FPS's), usually do to the game's mechanics - such as a shoddy camera scheme. And I also found that Wii games don't make me nearly as sick as other systems. Something about sitting forward with a wiimote opposed to a standard controller. Even gamecube games on the Wii can make me sick, but I can somehow complete the Metroid Prime series and Zelda Twilight with a wiimote with little to no problem.
I've only had it once.
When I was playing Portal.
I was on a flinging area, and I kept accidentaly swinging my mouse around due to my speaker being ontop of my wire (And out of reach) and back when it happened I was really effected by motion sicknes. It never happened again, and I was only left with a head-ache for about 5 minutes.
When I was playing Portal.
I was on a flinging area, and I kept accidentaly swinging my mouse around due to my speaker being ontop of my wire (And out of reach) and back when it happened I was really effected by motion sicknes. It never happened again, and I was only left with a head-ache for about 5 minutes.
I have only experienced this once, and I do not get motion sick. Ever.
It was a recent thing. I was at a friend's house and he was playing Fallout 3: New Vegas on his computer, but it was patched into his High Def large screen TV. It wasn't one of those sudden things. It crept up on me. But by the time I left, I was nauseous and had a huge headache.
After ten or fifteen minutes of sitting still and not watching anything, I was fine.
This is the only instance. Though I sort of worry that it doesn't bode well for me. I only watched him play for maybe forty-five minutes. If I get a HD TV like his, it worries me I might have a relapse on games I love. But then I remember that most of the time, I play third person.
It was a recent thing. I was at a friend's house and he was playing Fallout 3: New Vegas on his computer, but it was patched into his High Def large screen TV. It wasn't one of those sudden things. It crept up on me. But by the time I left, I was nauseous and had a huge headache.
After ten or fifteen minutes of sitting still and not watching anything, I was fine.
This is the only instance. Though I sort of worry that it doesn't bode well for me. I only watched him play for maybe forty-five minutes. If I get a HD TV like his, it worries me I might have a relapse on games I love. But then I remember that most of the time, I play third person.
I feel a little heavy around 12 Gs, I pass out at 16.
Compared to the real thing pure visual stimuli is nothing.
Compared to the real thing pure visual stimuli is nothing.
When I tried to get my dad to play first person shooters, he said that he always had to stop after about half and hour because he felt a little sick. Strangely enough, I have nothing like this. Neither does my brother.
Old people. I'm tellin' ya.
Old people. I'm tellin' ya.
I've never really had trouble with this, but my roommate was always really disturbed by Mirror's Edge, to the point where he had to leave the room while I was playing it; not only watching me, but the sound of falling, made him feel sick.
Yeah, I've had that happen to me. First time it happened was when I played Doom way back in the day. Got it really bad when I tried playing Descent. Never got it bad enough where I actually threw up though.
I used to be very susceptible to motion sickness, but then I started taking public transit to school/work every day and I think my body may have adapted to it or something because it hardly bothers me now.
But no, I've never been bothered by motion sickness when I was playing videogames.
But no, I've never been bothered by motion sickness when I was playing videogames.
I have it happen on certain games, usually FPS games and it also varies between the platform that the game is on as well. This is why it pisses me off when they decide to skip making a demo. I will not waste money on a game I could end up not being able to play. Besides if most of them put out a true demo we could see what crap they are trying to stick us with before we shell out the funds and they would never get their hands on the money.
It happens to me, too, but very rarely. In fact, I found in most cases it helps to just turn off motion blur. I don't know why, maybe then the balance organs have an easier time convincing my visual cortex that it's registering just a series of images, not actual motion.