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Atlas: Manage your database schema as code

https://github.com/ariga/atlas
1•quectophoton•1m ago•0 comments

Geist Pixel

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DIY Cybersickness Remedies

https://spectrum.ieee.org/diy-cybersickness-remedies
29•pseudolus•8mo ago

Comments

pavel_lishin•8mo ago
Really thought this was going to be about Johnny Mnemonic.
neilv•8mo ago
1. Why would anyone want to give themselves motion sickness for a VR game?

2. Maybe people who are prone to motion sickness, or who have vestibular damage, would benefit from some of these tricks, even though VR game isn't their idea of fun.

3. Will people who condition themselves too well to tolerate VR entertainment also break their vestibular system, such as making themselves less likely to be able to recover from a sudden imbalance, or not automatically protect against a fall?

paulryanrogers•8mo ago
> Why would anyone want to give themselves motion sickness for a VR game?

VR is fun despite some discomfort, much like other experiences like roller coasters. I'd volunteer to participate in such a study because I'd like to do more VR than my body can naturally tolerate.

> Will people who condition themselves too well to tolerate VR entertainment also break their vestibular system

Definitely worth studying! From the few I've heard adapt, no, it doesn't make them significantly more likely to have balance problems.

elesiuta•8mo ago
I really enjoy that roller coaster feeling both in real life, and in VR games like Jet Island and Windlands.

I'm pretty interested in this and would like to participate in a study as well if given the opportunity. I think one of the potential causes and solutions is it being a self-fulfilling prophecy that may be overcome with self-efficacy as described here [1] for seasickness. My only evidence is that I never knew motion sickness was a possibility when I first tried VR, and my friends with the worst motion sickness were worried about it before they even tried VR, even if they never got seasick or carsick.

From the article and other comments, they also mention figure skating which I never thought of before, and I play ice hockey which is likely similar enough. For reference I've been playing VR since 2016 and never once experienced motion sickness, from any style of game/locomotion.

[1] https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0021-9010.8...

paulryanrogers•8mo ago
Well I never got seasick on boats (large or small) and even took up windsurfing for a time. When I tried VR initially, naseau wasn't a widely known symptom (late 90s), but I got naseau anyway. So I don't think it's always psychosomatic.
kelseyfrog•8mo ago
> Why would anyone want to give themselves motion sickness for a VR game?

Cybersickness endurance games. The person who can make themself the most cybersick wins. Ranked competitive matches with loot box mechanics. People will do pretty much anything when competition is involved.

dinfinity•8mo ago
> 1. Why would anyone want to give themselves motion sickness for a VR game?

VR can be amazing. There is nothing on this planet that can provide the same experiences it can. That includes real life.

Something like experiencing floating through space, gazing at an alien sunset and feeling like your body is actually there* without having to deal with pesky things like inventing FTL, radiation shielding, and artificial gravity and whatnot is pretty cool.

*

It's amazing how easily our senses are fooled, even with imperfect hardware.

monster_truck•8mo ago
I'm still waiting for HMDs where I can't see the pixels. I have something like 20/12.5 vision (and can also count pixels on a 27" 1080p monitor from normal sitting position)
esseph•8mo ago
Give it a bit, it won't last long
reaperducer•8mo ago
There is nothing on this planet that can provide the same experiences it can. That includes real life.

There are plenty of places on this planet where you can rent a real sports car and race around a real track against real people for real.

Until your VR headset emits the smell of burning fuel, rumbles your body so hard that you feel it for hours afterward, deafens you with engine and tire noise, throws so much mud on the screen that your pit crew uses tear-off sheets of plastic to clear it because wipers are useless, and provides a non-zero chance of actually being hurt or dying, your video game is just game.

IRL > VR

paulryanrogers•8mo ago
VR doesn't have smell. Yet it can render visually things you cannot possibly see in real life. Watching a dinosaur approach and stomp overhead is quite a sight to experience in VR, even more intense than 3D glasses.

The way the view tilts and moves with one's head, combined with the audio alignment, creates a surreal experience.

Whether IRL is better or worse than VR is entirely subjective.

dinfinity•8mo ago
I never said that VR can provide everything real life can and more. I said that it can provide experiences that real life can't and nothing in your example refutes that.

Now, I do agree that real life can provide things that VR can't. Many, many things even. That was not the subject however; it was: "Why would anyone want to give themselves motion sickness for a VR game?"

grepexdev•8mo ago
Are you familiar with the DICE framework in terms of VR? Essentially, VR enables one to do things that are [D]angerous, [I]mpossible, [C]ostly, or [E]xpensive.

Your racecar example is a perfect example. It would be dangerous and costly. Would it be better than VR racing? I think so. Would I be able to actually do it? Hell no. I suspect most people would answer the same.

Yes, I know expensive and costly are basically the same thing.

ThrowawayR2•8mo ago
People got motion sickness from non-VR FPS games decades ago. Those who overcame it didn't "break their vestibular system" so it seems unlikely it's going to start now.
duskwuff•8mo ago
> Will people who condition themselves too well to tolerate VR entertainment also break their vestibular system, such as making themselves less likely to be able to recover from a sudden imbalance, or not automatically protect against a fall?

The sense I get from the article is that "VR balance" isn't essentially different from or opposed to ordinary balance; it's just a greater test of one's balance than one ordinarily encounters in daily life. People who have trained their balance - like figure skaters - find VR less of a challenge; performing exercises which improve one's balance - like the "flamingo stance" described in the article - makes VR experiences easier.

paulryanrogers•8mo ago
Not surprising ice skaters could adapt best. Skating is a surreal feeling of gliding without as much leg movement as a runner covering the same distance.

Snowboarding was very unnatural to me too, yet I persisted and adapted. Now it feels like second nature. It also involves a lot of balance in positions very distinct from the usual human movement. Sadly, it hasn't helped much with VR sickness in my case though.

mattlondon•8mo ago
Honest question: is anyone using any kind of VR these days apart from a few people using it instead of monitors (which presumably don't suffer from motion sickness as the monitors won't move, right?).

Surely no one is using them for games any more? Surely the headsets are all gathering dust up in the attic next to the gramaphone?

jermaustin1•8mo ago
I use VR for games, monitors, and movies. They are great for immersion. I can wear a headset for a few hours without noticing any fatigue.
i_am_jl•8mo ago
VR motorsport is fantastic. With a good wheel, pedals, and a rig to mount them on the immersion is intense, and the depth perception adds so much to the experience.

It's not perfect. The FOV on lower-end/older headsets leave a lot to be desired, you can't use button boxes/controls since you can't see your hands, and doing any sort of long race gets exhausting.

tlarkworthy•8mo ago
Used mine today for a workout. Super low friction compared to going to a gym.
daveguy•8mo ago
How does that work? I generally consider working out to be the complete opposite of VR. Was it a VR tennis-cardio type thing?
tlarkworthy•8mo ago
VR boxing is exhausting. Beat saber at high levels is also pretty sweaty. So yeah, cardio. I also don't play many games on it but it has stuck as a fitness option for years now.
daveguy•8mo ago
Oh cool, boxing is good exercise. Hadn't really thought about how fun that could be VR. Thank you.
graypegg•8mo ago
I mess around in VRchat every once in a while (maybe once-twice a month?) because it still is really fun with friends that don't live close by... but that really is about it. I personally can only get about 30-45 minutes in VR before I get a headache. (Even with breaks)
ranger207•8mo ago
Unfortunately almost all VR games in my experience feel more like tech demos than full games. Even Half Life Alyx felt like a demo mechanically to me, but I had a good amount of VR experience before I played it. The only couple of VR-native games I've played that feel like full games are VTOL VR, a flight sim designed from the ground up for VR including buttons to press and switches to flip, and Pavlov, a shooter. Otherwise, many of the best games are VR-additional that can be played flat as well, like Elite: Dangerous, DCS, or the racing games.
elesiuta•8mo ago
> Otherwise, many of the best games are VR-additional that can be played flat as well, like Elite: Dangerous, DCS, or the racing games.

Also Skyrim VR was breathtaking, especially with mods to improve the scenery and clunky menus.

inhumantsar•8mo ago
My sister has four kids, a gamer husband, and a Meta Quest 3. The VR stuff is in regular rotation for the older of the kids, though it seems like everyone prefers the Switch or PlayStation.

A former coworker is car crazed and uses a quest 2 in his racing sim setup. Compared to using 1 ultrawide or 3 16:9 monitors it's a no brainer. Much cheaper and more immersive. Plus even small racing sim setups take up a good amount of space in an apartment. Adding monitors to that adds to that a bit but also makes them a lot more visually imposing. It's easier to ignore a weird looking chair than it is to ignore a cockpit with three big monitors an arm's length from the seat.

ranger207•8mo ago
My experience with VR motion sickness was that it mostly went away after a couple dozen hours. Occasionally it'll come back for me when I try a new experience, but it's usually gone after another hour or so. Not an insignificant amount of time of course, but if you're designing an experience for existing VR users, I think you can safely assume most of your users have their VR legs at this point
paulryanrogers•8mo ago
I think this varies widely. I've spent hours in VR. But it always causes a headache, and if I'm not careful then nausea too. They say women are more likely to develop nausea because of they're able to preceive motion a bit more precisely than men.
sp332•8mo ago
Here is a "Yoga for Building VR Tolerance" article from 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190209025553/http://elevr.com/...