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Same, my friends get frustrated playing Minecraft or other large open world games with me because I'm constantly lost. We walk 30 seconds or so away from the ba

Same, my friends get frustrated playing Minecraft or other large open world games with me because I'm constantly lost. We walk 30 seconds or so away from the base and suddenly I'm turned around and have no concept whatsoever of which direction I came from or how to get back. Which just doesn't happen to me in real life

hobs 3y ago
It's definitely a skill different to the physical one though, and one that needs plenty of practice - mapping your virtual world and keeping a running tally of all the objects and things you literally cant see except through a tiny box is not something that comes naturally to most.
chasd00 3y ago
Heh my kids ever so gently asked me to stop gaming with them because I was perpetually lost in open world games or so bad in a gun battle i contributed negative value to the team.
tstrimple 3y ago
My wife is the same way. She has an almost supernatural ability to determine which direction is north no matter where we are. But she gets lost immediately in game worlds. Even with a minimap and player icons she is constantly getting separated and needs someone to backtrack. I’m the opposite. I can’t tell you which way north is from my own house. It takes me quite a while to get a feel for where things are in relation to each other in the real world. But in game worlds I’m quite comfortable navigating. Even in 3d zero gravity environments like in Shipbreaker where you have to quickly reorient yourself while salvaging the ship and you’ve got to let go of the concept of up and down as absolutes. Of course, never having been to space, I have no idea if it would translate or if I’d just be a motion sick mess with no frame of reference.
Ferret7446 3y ago
Have you tried playing with higher FOV? Going from almost 180 in real life to <100 in most games makes you lose a lot of visual information you use to orient yourself.

hobs 3y ago

It's definitely a skill different to the physical one though, and one that needs plenty of practice - mapping your virtual world and keeping a running tally of all the objects and things you literally cant see except through a tiny box is not something that comes naturally to most.

chasd00 3y ago

Heh my kids ever so gently asked me to stop gaming with them because I was perpetually lost in open world games or so bad in a gun battle i contributed negative value to the team.

tstrimple 3y ago

My wife is the same way. She has an almost supernatural ability to determine which direction is north no matter where we are. But she gets lost immediately in game worlds. Even with a minimap and player icons she is constantly getting separated and needs someone to backtrack. I’m the opposite. I can’t tell you which way north is from my own house. It takes me quite a while to get a feel for where things are in relation to each other in the real world. But in game worlds I’m quite comfortable navigating. Even in 3d zero gravity environments like in Shipbreaker where you have to quickly reorient yourself while salvaging the ship and you’ve got to let go of the concept of up and down as absolutes. Of course, never having been to space, I have no idea if it would translate or if I’d just be a motion sick mess with no frame of reference.

Ferret7446 3y ago

Have you tried playing with higher FOV? Going from almost 180 in real life to <100 in most games makes you lose a lot of visual information you use to orient yourself.