I feel like I'm in VR when I'm not...

snowdog · February 2018

Digikid1 said:

When I first played Superhot VR on the rift I played for HOURS. It was my first VR game. I remember waiting to cross the street to grab a sub and caught myself thinking that the cars will only move if I moved.

LOL

https://youtu.be/SOToC41dplY

Best. Video. Ever. lol

KlodsBrik · February 2018

Digikid1 said:

When I first played Superhot VR on the rift I played for HOURS. It was my first VR game. I remember waiting to cross the street to grab a sub and caught myself thinking that the cars will only move if I moved.

omg ... lol ... That´s a dangerous scenario.

Some 14 days ago I had a few days dreaming of a vr game that doesn´t even exist. And I used dash in my dreams to browse for solutions to beat the game I dreamt about.
Wish I had wrote it down. But it was something about carrying a teddybear with your touch finger beam through all sorts of obstacles, and petting it when it got scared and sad ..
Freaking fucked up but awesome !

cybereality · February 2018

Wow! How have I not seen that before?

Zenbane · February 2018

I can't believe I missed this truly epic video

Nice find, @Digikid1 !!

ElusiveMarlin · February 2018

Brilliant!!

KillCard · February 2018

ElusiveMarlin said:

KillCard said:

For me not much happened at first but after a while I started noticing Judder in real life, lol.

I have this same "feeling/experiance" I keep getting visual "slip" like when the headset looses tracking for a moment. I even "see" it in bed with my eyes closed!!

Very odd, but also entertaining lol

I never had it prior to getting my Rift.

Right? .. yea it used to happen especially whenever something moved past me .. like standing on the sidewalk and a car flew by .. something about the detection of "sudden movement" triggered a visual response similar to the judder/skip you experience in VR sometimes.

Havent seen it in a year though ... was definitely a trip.

Sirental21 · February 2018

I'm not sure I'm writing this in the correct spot. But does anyone else wake up and things look like it's in VR? I can't explain it well. But it's like when looking at everything for a minute or so after waking up and it looks like I have my headset on.

Duncan_Disorderly · February 2018

For six years I played WoW, with a tight knit group of friends from around the globe. Don't know about you, but I think it's awesome to be amongst the first humans capable of banding together, albeit vicariously and play a fantasy game. My group used to raid two nights a week and we got to see the parts of the game very few get the opportunity to see. Our group got along brilliantly and I looked forward to my nights raiding, mostly due to our banter. Some nights I'd find myself literally crying with laughter. Great times.

One night, I had a dream and to my surprise when I recalled it, I remembered it was in WoW format! The next time I was raiding, I mentioned it and we had a good laugh about it. At the time, no one else had a bizarre dream like I had. However, over time, the rest of them did dream in WoW format. Naturally, they thought of me when they recalled it. We could never decide if they had the dream because of the game, or through my experience planting the suggestion. Either way, I was thankful I wasn't alone.

Wildlink123 · October 2018

I might have a late reply, but I think I've figured out what causes the brain to somewhat get confused after being a new VR dweller. The average person, especially when new, can only really play for about 20-30 minutes in VR comfortably. It's when a newbie goes and pushes their boundaries a bit, by say having a 1 hour or more session, they'll either get motion sickness or a fatigued feeling. I say this from experience and watching people play for the first time, many times. I never really felt sick, so in the beginning I tended to try to play for 2 hour sessions, with about a 30 minute break in between. I would feel literally drained by the 2nd session, and rarely did I ever try a 3rd. Went to sleep, woke up, and my vision was VERY different. Texting felt like all the keys were 3D and popping off the screen. My hands were almost indescribably odd feeling, feeling almost further away yet closer. I believe my depth perception had been temporarily altered from such long use, and the extreme immersion you get when playing for so long and not noticing. The same happened to the others who I had try my VR, they played too long and had side affects different from just motion sickness. Though 2 of my friends got nauenaus, and one puked after just 20 mins of gorn lol. A long winded explanation, but I hope my 2 cents help clear up why this kinda thing happens when getting used to VR.

Wildlink123 · October 2018

KillCard said:

ElusiveMarlin said:

KillCard said:

For me not much happened at first but after a while I started noticing Judder in real life, lol.

I have this same "feeling/experiance" I keep getting visual "slip" like when the headset looses tracking for a moment. I even "see" it in bed with my eyes closed!!

Very odd, but also entertaining lol

I never had it prior to getting my Rift.

Right? .. yea it used to happen especially whenever something moved past me .. like standing on the sidewalk and a car flew by .. something about the detection of "sudden movement" triggered a visual response similar to the judder/skip you experience in VR sometimes.

Havent seen it in a year though ... was definitely a trip.

I also experienced this a lot after getting my rift. I would be outside, looking down at something, and a car would appear to "lag" past me when it drew my attention. How odd. Must be something that happens to quite a few people

cleanupdisc · October 2018

Playing skyrim in vr i move my head to look up and down. Then when playing on my hdtv/monitor i instinctively tried looking up and down to look around and nothing happens. I felt so unsatisfied!

kevinw729 · October 2018

We have had this issue since the 1960's when the first dedicated visual flight simulators came into effect on wide-scale adoption. Those back then used "model boards" but still game enough of a immersive effect that pilots would report "phasing" (the person feels as if they are still taking part in the simulation even in real life). This was best illustrated by the number of RTA's that took place on base that were blamed on "phasing".

Back in 1996 we worked on a VR project that also had the same problem, people felt they were still in the sim after finishing. It was weird as I experienced it myself. That slight feeling of disconnectedness. Jump forward to recently and I had "phasing" again - this time though it was slightly different. It was associated with the latest PC Backpack VR experiences.

I think this is always going to be with us - the tech equivalent to "sea-legs".

Neokin · October 2018

cleanupdisc said:

Playing skyrim in vr i move my head to look up and down. Then when playing on my hdtv/monitor i instinctively tried looking up and down to look around and nothing happens. I felt so unsatisfied!

Pancake games will never feel the same after VR. They're too restrictive!

LZoltowski · October 2018

kevinw729 said:

We have had this issue since the 1960's when the first dedicated visual flight simulators came into effect on wide-scale adoption. Those back then used "model boards" but still game enough of a immersive effect that pilots would report "phasing" (the person feels as if they are still taking part in the simulation even in real life). This was best illustrated by the number of RTA's that took place on base that were blamed on "phasing".

Back in 1996 we worked on a VR project that also had the same problem, people felt they were still in the sim after finishing. It was weird as I experienced it myself. That slight feeling of disconnectedness. Jump forward to recently and I had "phasing" again - this time though it was slightly different. It was associated with the latest PC Backpack VR experiences.

I think this is always going to be with us - the tech equivalent to "sea-legs".

Heh I love the term "phasing" ... makes it sound like I am coming out of the matrix.

"Honey are you alright, you seem a bit strange"
"Oh, don't worry, I'm just phasing!"

homer simpson GIF

falken76 · October 2018

I don't really get the weird feeling afterwards at all now. When I first tried VR (Rift era, not 90s, I can't remember feeling sick after playing it in the 90s) I felt this weird disconnect every now and then. But now I'm fine. The one time that VR did concern me was when I played DCS World for 3 hours straight. At the time I hadn't even completely gotten my VR legs, I was ok in Onward but that was about it. I started feeling weird in DCS about 45 minutes into it, but I kept playing. Next thing you know it's been 3 hours. I felt dizzy for 3 days straight after that. I had forgotten that I played VR on the 2nd day and thought I was having heart problems causing me to be constantly dizzy. When it passed on the 3rd day I had remembered the only thing I had done differently was play VR for such a long time. I was afraid to use VR again, but eventually I just got back into gaming on it, but now I was completely cured of any of the motion sickness issues I had with the rift prior to that 3 hour session of DCS. Only one game is able to make me feel weird now so far and that's The Forrest, probably because the sessions in that game are so long that the HMD starts to make the crown of my head actually hurt.

SkScotchegg · October 2018

Erm, take a break from VR for 30 days and then re-try, if problem persist, please speak to your doctor!

KnightMason · October 2018

I haven't had any waking issues like that. But I definitely dream in VR.
I wake up thinking I cleared a bunch of dungeons and mined a bunch of ore in SkyrimVR and realized I did all that work for nothing.

The only good thing there is that I don't have the stupid grip button bug in my dreams. Where the analog grip button keeps acting like a turbo button when it's held halfway.

But I've been using VR since the 90's every weekend at the mall. If VR is really new to you then I would assume there would be some disconnect there. I don't remember that problem as a kid though.

dr304113 · March 2019

Depersonalization Disorder. Look it up

Morgrum · March 2019

But we are in VR......

Alextended · March 2019

My funniest moment came one time I was casually testing out stuff in Contractors. I unexpectedly threw a grenade all wrong and it landed on my feet, I PANICKED (not for my life, just in-game) and instinctively ran away physically instead of using the analog stick, bumping into my desk and monitor in the process. Not too hard, but still, that was awkward, I'm glad I was alone.

I haven't had the opposite effect where real life feels like VR even in the first weeks of getting it. That would have been funny.

Swifty0ne · March 2019

“Did you win your sword fight?"
"Of course I won the *$*%#$ sword fight," Hiro says. "I'm the greatest sword fighter in the world."
"And you wrote the software."
"Yeah. That, too," Hiro says.”
― Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash

FrostyBud777 · March 2019

After playing for hours in vr, I would stare at my hands and feel like they were my vr hands lol. Picking up objects in real life was surreal. lol. Just throwing things was fun in real life then. lol

YoLolo69 · March 2019

I'm thinking about a new concept of in-between IRL-VR, we could call that a "VR decompression chamber" or, wait, what about "Mixed reality"? Mmmmm, should tradmark this one...

Go4Sht · March 2019

I'm actually feeling that right now.

I received my Rift about a week ago and the first weekend of use just occurred. At first I spent about 5-10mins 3 times a day under the hood as I am prone to motion sickness and by Sunday I spent about 30-1hr three times under the hood and have seriously felt some vertigo going on 24hrs later.

It impacts my hands mostly and sometimes when my head is tilted a bit I feel like the world has to 'snap' into place (like tracking was temporarily lost). It is very disconcerting feeling for sure. I am not personally a fan of this feeling and hope it eventually goes away.

This is surprisingly making work a bit more difficult.

hoppingbunny123 · March 2019

i think this is vr sickness. solved by ginger and holding the rift with one hand still so its not resting on the face entirely but some weight is going to the hand. i think the weight of the rift on the face is causing this feeling of being in vr when your not. looking at how i relate to this feeling and how i solve it.

socratatus · April 2019

I`ve only just recently got the VIVE VR and after a few days sessions I caught myself (in real life) staring at something on the ground intensely like I would when I`m in VR. It was just a pattern on the carpet. I`ve never done that before. Kinda creepy.

A new VR medical problem might one day turn up, especially if VR gets better with better resolution. It might be called something like "Detaching from reality psychosis."

fredrick8763 · April 2019

if you are experiencing this, that's a aside effect of using VR, you have to quit using it for couple of months and take a deep therapy to calm your eyes, maybe they are not suitable for you.

Deviante · June 2019

I have had this same feeling after my first couple days with the rift s. When I am not using it, there is this strange disconnect in my peripheral vision.
Would be nice to know for sure that its not actually affecting my vision though.
For now im just blaming it on the weed.

djvanryan · September 2019

Just got the rift a few days ago and have been playing Elite Dangerous for a couple of hours here and there... I am definitely feeling the "phasing" in real life where 2d screens start to pop out and become 3d, grainy textures every where, and looking distance objects is much more pronounced and detailed ( I can actually judge distance far better now as if my vision improved!). Physically if I sit still for a bit with my hands resting in front of me I start to feel nothing below my neck, as if my body didn't belong to me.
I had some pretty interesting dreams and when I woke up in the middle of the night the VR sense was definitely kicking in and when I picked up my phone in the dark it felt like I was doing it in VR and screen was even 3d and grainy like a video game . When I woke up this morning I crawled to my dresser, and I felt like I woke up in VR, everything was really weird.
I could kind of relate it to a mushroom trip (if you ever had the pleasure of visiting Amsterdam

).

I'm really loving this feeling right now as it doesn't interfere with anything in real life other than being a weird sensation, and I'm kind of hoping it lasts a while.

inovator · September 2019

Vr and drugs dont mix well I would guess.

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