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I can't play any first person shooters because of motion sickness, it's quite annoying. Anyone else in this situation that managed to figure out something?

Finster 2y ago
Depends on the game, but usually turning up the FOV to much higher than most defaults will help a lot. But screen size, etc. will have an impact as well.
JamesSwift 2y ago
Exposure therapy helps for me. If I dont play video games for a long period of time I'm always a lot more nauseous coming back. But easing into it over time helps.
- jalict 2y ago
  Been gaming since forever and in the last 5 years I started getting nausated 70% of games I have played (also old once that were fine) and generally this is also what is working for me -- just a little bit here and there it gets a lot better. I understand the article talks against this, but I am grateful that I am able to do this, but I wouldn't recommend it for everyone.
bluefirebrand 2y ago
Turning off motion blur and other high end graphic effects can really help, especially if they are hurting your framerate I find if I'm getting a consistent framerate then the effects don't bother me as much, but motion blur plus a sudden framerate drop is guaranteed to make me nauseous My wife on the other hand cannot handle motion blur effects at all, and any time we play a game together I turn it off immediately
legitster 2y ago
I find that a smaller monitor, further away, and on lower graphics settings helps. If you limit your brain's exposure to visual information, it's less likely to get confused.
shrikant 2y ago
FWIW, I've tried everything suggested in the replies to you so far, and nothing's worked. I've just given up trying to play any first-person POV games, sadly.
trivialcode 2y ago
Exposure therapy. Just play for a very short amount of time, even 2-3 minutes, then stop for a while. Do this over and over. Always keep the duration below the threshold of your motion sickness. Eventually your brain gets used to playing without being sick and you'll be able to play for longer and longer periods. Always stop the moment you feel motion sick in any way - don't try to push through as doing that makes it worse. This is what I had to do to get used to games in VR, and it worked great. I can now play for hours without issue.
- me4502 2y ago
  Honestly while this does work for some people, it doesn’t seem to work for everyone. I’ve tried this basically my entire life (am 27), and it’s never improved. If anything it feels like it’s gotten worse with age. I’m not sure if it’s just a different underlying cause, or it only works if you’re under a certain threshold of motion sickness sensitivity. There are so many games I’ve played in 30-60 minute increments because they’re in my “make me motion sick but not immediately” bucket, and a lifetime of doing that hasn’t done anything to improve it.

Finster 2y ago

Depends on the game, but usually turning up the FOV to much higher than most defaults will help a lot. But screen size, etc. will have an impact as well.

JamesSwift 2y ago

Exposure therapy helps for me. If I dont play video games for a long period of time I'm always a lot more nauseous coming back. But easing into it over time helps.

jalict 2y ago
Been gaming since forever and in the last 5 years I started getting nausated 70% of games I have played (also old once that were fine) and generally this is also what is working for me -- just a little bit here and there it gets a lot better. I understand the article talks against this, but I am grateful that I am able to do this, but I wouldn't recommend it for everyone.

bluefirebrand 2y ago

Turning off motion blur and other high end graphic effects can really help, especially if they are hurting your framerate I find if I'm getting a consistent framerate then the effects don't bother me as much, but motion blur plus a sudden framerate drop is guaranteed to make me nauseous My wife on the other hand cannot handle motion blur effects at all, and any time we play a game together I turn it off immediately

legitster 2y ago

I find that a smaller monitor, further away, and on lower graphics settings helps. If you limit your brain's exposure to visual information, it's less likely to get confused.

shrikant 2y ago

FWIW, I've tried everything suggested in the replies to you so far, and nothing's worked. I've just given up trying to play any first-person POV games, sadly.

trivialcode 2y ago

Exposure therapy. Just play for a very short amount of time, even 2-3 minutes, then stop for a while. Do this over and over. Always keep the duration below the threshold of your motion sickness. Eventually your brain gets used to playing without being sick and you'll be able to play for longer and longer periods. Always stop the moment you feel motion sick in any way - don't try to push through as doing that makes it worse. This is what I had to do to get used to games in VR, and it worked great. I can now play for hours without issue.

me4502 2y ago
Honestly while this does work for some people, it doesn’t seem to work for everyone. I’ve tried this basically my entire life (am 27), and it’s never improved. If anything it feels like it’s gotten worse with age. I’m not sure if it’s just a different underlying cause, or it only works if you’re under a certain threshold of motion sickness sensitivity. There are so many games I’ve played in 30-60 minute increments because they’re in my “make me motion sick but not immediately” bucket, and a lifetime of doing that hasn’t done anything to improve it.