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Day 1 Vive owner here. This sounds pretty uncharacteristic of the experience and I guess this person has some psychological issues or is overplaying the VR exp

Day 1 Vive owner here. This sounds pretty uncharacteristic of the experience and I guess this person has some psychological issues or is overplaying the VR experience for ad impressions. I read /r/vive religiously and no one seems to have this issue. Yes there's sometimes a "I wish I was playing now" but I've had that all my life and frankly it was 100x worse when I was playing MMOs or competitive shooters. This feeling isn't any different than the classic "I wish I was fishing" sentiment. We simply crave relaxing and rewarding experiences. The only legitimate symptom I've heard of is some people, myself included, get VR dreams in the beginning, but they quickly go away. This has led me to the idea of making a VR lucid dreamer trainer considering dreams and VR environments have so much in common, but thus far not a lot of traction on my part especially in regards what game mechanics would help you achieve lucid dreams. That said, I find most of the experiences fairly milquetoast with rare "Wow" moments which cannot be relived again. Unlike a typical skinner-box game, you really can't get wow'd over and over, but man, those initial wow's are incredible. I just flew in Freedom 7 in Alan Shepard's shoes last night in the beta for 'Go For Launch.' This had the real controls and the real audio in the mission. I didn't exactly weep, but it did affect me strongly on am emotional level, especially when I thought someone should ask Shepard to try this and tell us how realistic it is only to remember he passed away a while ago. I've been at work all day and haven't wished to be back in the capsule and I know if I do it again, it'll lose 90% of the magic. I may not ever play that mission again to be honest. Savor the moments, guys. Don't pine to be constantly re-living the same stuff over and over in VR. It'll disappoint you in the end. VR is special in a way, but its not magical. It follows the same rules all other entertainment does. If you're finding yourself addicted then you've got a personal addiction issue. Its not the medium, its you. You probably need help at this point. Ask any ex-WoW addict how bad it can be and how it ruins lives. Seek out that help.

guitarbill 10y ago
> This sounds pretty uncharacteristic of the experience and I guess this person has some psychological issues or is overplaying the VR experience for ad impressions. > If you're finding yourself addicted then you've got a personal addiction issue. Its not the medium, its you. The author gets many things right, such as the change in perception of distances. I get this from VR, but I also get it from changing from glasses to contact lenses (and vice versa). Doesn't sound like complete click-bait to me. I do think it's an interesting point that the escapism VR offers is possibly equivalent to some dissociatives, and that it hasn't really being considered. Some people struggle with addiction to (plain) video games. Blaming the person isn't fair or helpful at all.
- drzaiusapelord 10y ago
  I clarified my position. This isn't a blame game. My point is to seek out the help because if you're experiencing this on this level, then you have a problem. Its not VR and its not normal.

guitarbill 10y ago

> This sounds pretty uncharacteristic of the experience and I guess this person has some psychological issues or is overplaying the VR experience for ad impressions. > If you're finding yourself addicted then you've got a personal addiction issue. Its not the medium, its you. The author gets many things right, such as the change in perception of distances. I get this from VR, but I also get it from changing from glasses to contact lenses (and vice versa). Doesn't sound like complete click-bait to me. I do think it's an interesting point that the escapism VR offers is possibly equivalent to some dissociatives, and that it hasn't really being considered. Some people struggle with addiction to (plain) video games. Blaming the person isn't fair or helpful at all.

drzaiusapelord 10y ago
I clarified my position. This isn't a blame game. My point is to seek out the help because if you're experiencing this on this level, then you have a problem. Its not VR and its not normal.