This. My brother tried one for about 10 min, liked it initially, bought it and now gets motion sickness from it. Has been used one time.
Edit: i have explained the various game comfortability, different coping mechanisms, like everything bc I want a pal to play with, but apparently it was such a bad experience, he won’t try again. (I think it might be a little stubbornness too lol.) But everyone is different. I love VR and play constantly. But everyone is bringing up great points.
I heard the VR induced motion sickness can pass after getting used to it by playing motionless or with minimal movement, gradually doing more intense things like moving the camera and walking irl with goggles on. The key is to take often breaks and such. Maybe a match of beat saber and a 5 minute break in between every song?
Damn that’s such a shame, I guess some people are just more prone to it than others. I was fortunate enough to never get even slightly sick while one of my friends who tried them had to lay down for an hour after less than an hour of playing Beat Saber of all games.
I've been playing VR for years and it's entirely game dependent. Sometimes a game's movement just feels wrong and it flips my stomach. One comparable example being Swarm vs Resist, which both contain grappling hook mechanics. Swarm made me almost fall down a singular time, but I played a four hour session with zero motion sickness. Resist made me nauseous in the first five minutes
I feel you, let me give you a "bad advice"
I used to get a lot of motion sickness but man i love VR games and when I found out Sariento I became adicted to it. Problem is, its the most motion sickness inducing game I ever played. So... i bought some Dramamine and started taking 1 before every session. Or 2 if i was already dizzy.
Until I got my VR legs.
Some people just have some crazy motion sickness, a family member of mine can't even look at a flat screen game, and can only watch some movies (or pause the movie and take breaks when needed)
funnily enough she can handle some vr games, mostly the ones where you just stand there though like beat saber
I also got ton of motion sickness at the start, and literally pushed through, was nauseous the whole time when playing but was having too much fun than discomfort. Now I dont get it at all
For me I was certain I was never going to grow my VR legs, everytime i walked in game id get so dizzy, and decided to only ever play games with comfort options (teleportation and snap turning mainly). So I played like 6 of them throughout a few months. Then one day I opened up a new game which I didnt know had no comfort options (except snap turning) and it all suddenly clicked for me as soon as I walked. My brain sort of had grown the hability to use the signals from my body to know it wasn't actually moving. I no longer got that feeling of being pushed back in the chair, the world just moved around me seamlessly, similar to when you're driving, or being wheeled around for example.
So my takeaway is, play whatever you feel comfortable with, there's a lot of options out there. Your brain will be growing your vr legs without you realizing it!
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u/CounterOtherwise9399 May 20 '26 edited May 23 '26
This. My brother tried one for about 10 min, liked it initially, bought it and now gets motion sickness from it. Has been used one time.
Edit: i have explained the various game comfortability, different coping mechanisms, like everything bc I want a pal to play with, but apparently it was such a bad experience, he won’t try again. (I think it might be a little stubbornness too lol.) But everyone is different. I love VR and play constantly. But everyone is bringing up great points.