The rise of digital motion sickness

[Locutus]

Video games, 3D films and iOS7 set to make condition the 21st century's biggest occupational disease

• Illness is a variation on motion sickness which is caused by gadgets
• Displays are now so good at mimicking reality they disorientate the brain
• Problem will only get worse as tech gets better, experts say

Digitally induced motion sickness caused by iPhones, 3D films and computer games will become the biggest occupational illness of the 21st century, it has been claimed.

Tech experts have identified a variation on the traditional disorientating ailment, called 'simulation sickness' which is caused by looking at a screen rather than travelling in a boat, car or plane.
And they say the problem will only get worse, as gadgets become better at mimicking the real world around us.

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Video games, 3D films and iOS7: Why digital motion sickness is tipped to become the 21st century's biggest occupational disease | Mail Online

If anyone has played Halo 2, that was the first real experience of 'falling' from great heights that I ever got, especially with certain skulls activated. Half-Life 2 was a real forerunner too with it's physics. I imagine new games are much worse but I'm not into those very much.

 

[petros]

Nope no issues here. My video game days ended 25 years ago.

 

[WLDB]

I dont play any video games but 3D movies do tend to make me feel a bit sick. I actually had to leave once to throw up. I avoid those movies now.

 

[petros]

Hypnosis wouldn't work on you. Consider yourself one of the lucky ones.

 

[MHz]

Use the right combination of red and blue and introduce motion you should be able to trigger an epileptic seizure.

I dont play any video games but 3D movies do tend to make me feel a bit sick. I actually had to leave once to throw up. I avoid those movies now.

VR simulators do the same, the trick is to gradually work you way up. 1 g first, then 1.1 until that is normal the 1.2 and so on, sooner or later (barring any medical conditions) your will be at a higher level that what you started at. VR sets for auto or aircraft are available for the average rec room, steep entry price but it is commercial built hardware so it will last a long time. Mechanical bull riding would be the same, 10th time on you can spin a little faster.

 

[petros]

Use the right combination of red and blue and introduce motion you should be able to trigger an epileptic seizure.

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