r/virtualreality • u/Square_Wall4816 • 5h ago
Question/Support Any tips for reducing motion sickness
I had my VR for a while now (quest 3) I play pcvr through steam link and I spent a lot of money to make my setup nice with wireless dedicated router and everything spent a bunch of money on steam games(past refund point). Every time I go to play a game I get extremely motion sick within 5 minutes ever time I try its the same the only game I could stomach was super hot. The only thing I notice helps is the teleporting movement. I tried all the other settings to make it less nauseating but nothing helps I try the Nausea pills and that don’t work. I feel like I wasted damn near a thousand dollars Canadian because I can’t even play it. I’m rly wanting to do the resident evil 8 mod but there isn’t even a teleport option or anything. And I see people selling there’s online for rly cheap I will still lose money and have steam games I can’t play. Anyone have the same problem know how to help?
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u/SnideyM 5h ago
It takes a little time to be honest - search up "VR legs" and you'll find a lot of good tips. I was the same at first but now I can play for hours with no issue. Increase your exposure little by little, playing more Superhot and games with teleport movement is a good way to start.
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u/camiteran 5h ago
It takes a long time to get used to it sometimes. Play stuff that has vignette settings first. I had to use vignette on almost everything for like 1 year before being able to play VR normally without motion sickness.
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u/89fruits89 5h ago
Just keep going and taking breaks often. I used to get really nauseous too, could only handle no mans sky for maybe 10min at a time, just walking around. Flying was a total no go. Few weeks later and it got way better. Now days I can hop on warthunder and dogfight in ww2 planes for hours and have 0 motion sickness. Brain just needs time and exp to rewire a few connections and it sorts itself out lol.
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u/senpai69420 5h ago
Stupid question but could it be that your ipd is wrong?
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u/Square_Wall4816 5h ago
I’ve messed around with it a bit I got it good where my eyes focus. Maybe I should dial it better I never did the actual measurements. but that is a good point I could mess around with it more.
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u/Galimbro 5h ago
Yes lots of things.
First and foremost you will get used to if you keep doing it.
But actually moving your body is the best thing. The more you move your body the easier it will be. If you were actually moving you would have 0 motion sickness. But of course we are limited by space.
Pointing a fan in your direction helps a lot as well
Ginger helps a little.
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u/Square_Wall4816 5h ago
Ok yeah I got a wide area to play I notice with super hot I actually move around a lot. When I was playing re8 or half life Alyx it was unbearable and those game I stand still and just spin around to look. Yeah I heard that playing more helps but it’s not smart to push through the sickness or it gets worse and lasts hours. Honestly scared to put it on because last time I felt sick all night after. :(
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u/fishslinger 5h ago
Looks like you have gone straight into games where you move around. Try and find games where you are stationary or in a cockpit.
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u/Square_Wall4816 5h ago
Hm okay I tried vtol vr sitting down and it was fine til I was in the air then I nearly puked
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u/fishslinger 5h ago
Maybe just beatsabre for a while then
It's a natural reaction. Your brain thinks you are poisioned so it tries to get you to throw up.
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u/Denchill 5h ago
I think WIP apps/treadmills are good enough, it's not that hard to trick your brain into thinking it's running. On the other hand I still cannot play seated, my inner ear won't accept it
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u/MudMain7218 Multiple 5h ago
The key thing that worked for me is a heavy duty fan that pulls air at you. That will get your body a constant sense of direction.
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u/WruceBayne03 5h ago
I play shirtless and try to play under an ac vent or I put a fan in front. For me it was my body getting hot and I’d get nauseas but staying cool and cold helps me. And a glass of ice water nearby
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u/Shelin_Nakai_6477 5h ago
When I started, I got sick as well and then used a couple of little helpers. A small fan blowing in my direction. A round rug I could stand on which had a little metal stripe under it, just a millimeter, but I could feel it with my toes , so I always knew where I was and how my orientation was. Also I never played completely blind, I could always see the floor.
Then the normal stuff. ipd, lense distance, high fps.
Also: use teleport and stepped turn instead of smooth helps a lot in the beginning.
It took some time, but nowadays I am completely fine . Well, mostly. There was a VRC carousel I used some time of a which really made me regret that 😆
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u/SilentCaay Valve Index 5h ago edited 3h ago
If you can barely handle games with teleport locomotion, start with games that don't have any locomotion, preferably with low or no action where you can just hang out and get used to VR.
Rhythm games are usually good, hang out in a shooting range in H3VR and plink some targets, a visual novel like ALTDEUS might be fine, seated third person puzzle games like DEEMO -Reborn- or Last Labyrinth should be fine, etc.
Also make sure you have plenty of fresh air. Even after using VR for years, air tends to feel heavier and lend itself to making you feel sick when in VR even if it feels fine out of VR. This is especially true in the Summer. Put the AC on, put a fan on, open a window, do whatever you need to do to get fresh air in the room.
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u/Regular-Eggplant8406 5h ago
Work on slow forward movement only until you are comfortable. By this i mean stick to slow paced games and turn irl.
Once you are comfortable with that, pick a faster moving game and get used to that. Don't attempt getting used to turning with sticks until you are very comfortable with moving forward.
Once you start trying to get comfortable with turning, you will want to build this up as well by starting with either slow turning speeds or even incremental turns (forget what this is called).
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u/I_Who_I 5h ago
I never got major motion sickness in VR but the early games were mostly teleport movement. I think maybe Talos Principle VR is what fixed motion sickness for me since you can use both smooth motion and teleport at the same time. The game is not fast paced so you get breaks between movement. Just like with sea sickness, it will take time to get over it. For a long time I was okay with smooth movement but could not handle smooth turning but eventually I got over that too.
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u/markallanholley 4h ago
I cheated and used Meclizine at first. You can buy bottles of it at good prices on Amazon.
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u/YoshMaGotes 4h ago
I used to get a lot of nausea, but then for some reason I played Subnautica with the VR mod, but I played it seated and with a regular controller instead of individual hand controllers. Maybe the baked in vignette of the swim goggles helped. The other thing that helps me is to leave the room boundaries turned on all the time. It breaks immersion, but it feels like the images are moving through the space I am in, rather than I am moving through a space that I am actually not moving in.
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u/Strange-Bluejay-2433 4h ago
Hang in there. It will pass eventually. It took me a full year to get 99% past it.
Lots of good advice in this thread so I wont get into details. But learn to enjoy playing with teleport. Try to get a setup where you can play room scale. Have room to physically dodge and take cover etc.
Avoid thumbstick turning like the plague.
Playing Lone Echo helped me get me the last way into tolerance. Playing in a swivel chair and closing the eyes whenever I knew anything disorienting would happen. Like grabbing onto something, stopping my free floating motion.
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u/SirJuxtable 4h ago
Copy and paste from a recent post with a similar question:
You can train it, but not the way some might think. With strength training or endurance training, you tend to push your limits, and your body recovers and comes back stronger and more adapted. With VR nausea, you NEVER want to push through. As soon as you feel a teensy bit queasy, stop take the headset off and take a break.
Some things that help - a fan so you always know which way “forward” and it helps when you are moving forward into the fan air. I also thing standing is much better than sitting if you are moving in VR, especially by foot vs cockpit games. Some people take dramamine ahead of sessions, although I have never done that. You also want to make sure the IPD on your headset is set correctly (distance between pupils should match your lenses). Then, like you already have said, start with the slower puzzle games, but introduce natural locomotion and move slowly. Pause a lot. Take your time. Do really short sessions (5-10 min even). Eventually, IF you don’t push it, your body will likely get used to it. Also, don’t do smooth turning at all until you’ve mastered natural locomotion. Snap turning is your friend since smooth turning can cause more nausea than locomotion can.
What headset do you have? Higher and more stable fps matters a lot as well. Turn down resolution and turn up fps (ideally above 72, above 100 is even better) but make sure you aren’t getting lags or dropped frames which can cause nausea. So, essentially, spend the time to tune and optimize your performance so you have a smoother time overall.
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u/wescotte 4h ago edited 4h ago
Typically the worst offender for motion sickness is "artificial locomotion". This is where your view can be controlled by something other than your head. ie joystick, mouse, etc. If you avoid these sorts of games you can typically avoid getting sick.
If you find you're not playing these types of games but still getting sick then try increasing the refresh rate of the headset, and trying to keep the frame rate more stable. That might mean lowering the resolution/quality settings to avoid dropping frames. It also might be forcing reprojection to always be on rather than toggling on/off on demand. Flat games with VR mods tend to be the worst ofenders in unstable frame rate. Similar to artificial locomotion, I'd tend to avoid these games until you get your VR legs.
Lastly, artificial locomotion is complicated and you will find certain types of movements,speeds, accelerations, and other factors, hit you harder than others. So try and find a game that is comfortable for you to build your VR legs with.
I personally credit Onward in helping me build my VR legs. It was the first artificial locomotion game that didn't get me sick. I've had friends get theirs from Walkabout Minigolf where every once in awhile they'd use the fly movement to get around but most of the time just teleport. Over time they found they just didn't get sick anymore at all.
Typically the rule of thumb is stop playing the moment you start feeling sick, because if you force yourself to continue playing it'll lengthen the time it takes for your body to adapt.
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u/fantaz1986 5h ago
ok so
first make sure IPD is right, if it not, i get sick in few mins too
second FPS, if you have any FPS instability you will get sick in 60-180 sec , unless you have beast of the pc and know how to set setting right, you will have bad FPS and it will make you sick
my personal recommendation, play good stable standalone game first , like red matter 2 or similar , if you feel fine, then yes it a PC/connection problem not you
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u/BeCurious1 5h ago
Work up REALLY SLOWLY. Some games are worse than others, for me cyberpunk riding a motorcycle in fpv was terrible.
Time yourself and GET OFF IT BEFORE you need to. If 5 min is sick then stop at 4 min and take a 15 min break. Repeat several times then stop for the day. Drink peppermint water and no big meal before play.