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Re:Oculus Rift is Shipping by shkkmo on Monday March 28, 2016 @03:29PM (#11376677)
I do not own a Rift, but I do fly FPV quad-copters using video goggles. There is no binoccular vision, no headtracking and the FOV/resolution are pretty limited.

I have never experienced ANY nausea and I'll do flying sessions several hours long (though I do take the googles off repeatedly inside that window.)

Given my experience with sea faring ships, I doubt that I am one of those who will not get nausea, so why is my use case not a problem? Is the nausea just due to an uncanny valley of which my setup falls short?

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Re:Oculus Rift is Shipping by bencoder on Monday March 28, 2016 @05:36PM (#11377607)
Most video glasses have quite a small field of view... Are yours the same? So it's kind of like seeing a screen floating somewhere in front of you, whereas with the vr headsets you basically can't see the edge so it's a lot more immersive.

I expect that's the main reason you don't get nausea.

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Re:Oculus Rift is Shipping by shkkmo on Monday March 28, 2016 @09:18PM (#11378880)
If it is indeed the FOV that makes the difference, this implies a potential solution for when a game needs to move the camera independently of your body: limit the FOV as the camera moves.
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