[julesie]

This is a topic close to my heart. Ever since console gaming went 3D I realised I can't look at anything from a first person perspective without feeling violently ill.

The effect takes hold quicker if I'm looking at someone else playing but even when it is me controlling the action I will be ill within minutes. If I let it get to that point the only solution is to go to a dark room and lie down for an hour or more.

I sometimes joke about it, but in reality I do worry about a future of HUDs and VR environments.

From the two available theories I find the Sensory Conflict Theory the more compelling although I'm still not convinced they have entirely cracked it.

Along with gaming I get similar effects from 3D movies. I struggle to understand the postural challenge that comes from watching a 3D movie vs a 2D movie in the same cinema seat. From my lay persons perspective it would seem to have more to do with the ability of my eyes/brain/inner ear processing more information simultaneously and making contextual sense of it.

[therein]

Would you happen to have epilepsy? My girlfriend also has trouble looking at first person shooters and third person shooters. It gets her dizzy and nauseous. She has epilepsy and apparently it feels similar to the post-seizure aura.

[julesie]

Not that I'm aware of. At least I don't think I've ever shown any signs of epilepsy and certainly have never been diagnosed with it.

I've mentioned the 'motion' sickness issue to my GP in the past but it was dismissed as nothing very serious. On the one hand I understand as I can avoid the triggers relatively easy but equally its troubling to know something so innocuous can make me feel so sick.

[droidist2]

>The effect takes hold quicker if I'm looking at someone else playing

Totally understand this. I refuse to watch people's vacation videos because the unpredictable zooming and panning makes me sick.