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Posted by alexandra_k on February 12, 2022, at 0:17:30
1) FOV. too narrow a FOV. Like looking down a narrow corridor.
2) motion blur.When you are in a motor vehicle the most motion-sickness inducing thing to do is to:
1) not be looking where you are going. E.g., to be reading or looking out a side window while moving forwards. Wider FOV counters this.
2) fixating on a point on a side window (e.g., a spot) while things blur past (motion blur). Turning off motion blur counters this.
It's not fuckign rocket science.
NOBODY likes motion blur. Also NOBODY likes a narrow FOV.
I get why they do those things (to decrease the demands on the console) but the increased demands on the human vestibular system make people wanna blow chunks.
Or just have a sort of a mild-ish queasy-reaction. Which is not ideal when you want people to want to love the game-playing experience.
1) FOV slider.
2) Turn off motion blur.Important features of a port (maybe also a reason to sit back with a genuinely wide-screen devise rather than having a handheld?? I don't know)
Posted by alexandra_k on February 12, 2022, at 0:24:22
In reply to why do so many gamers feel motion sickness?, posted by alexandra_k on February 12, 2022, at 0:17:30
I'm not sure that I have motion sickness yet, but I was feeling a little queasy (just a little) after playing Skyrim on switch-lite. I looked it up and a couple other people have been saying that they, also, have been feeling a little queasy with it, too. But just a little. Like they weren't sure if it was unrelated or just in their imagination...
I am also not sure if it is just in my imagination... I will need more time in game to decide.
But...
That's usually the thing of the settings. 1) widen FOV 2) turn off motion blur. That's what the gamers do. So they don't feel queasy, I suppose. To limit head movement (to limit the amount that your head isn't looking in the direction you are going) and to limit the feeling of blur due to your head not being held in the direction you are travelling...
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