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Old Aug 15, 2019, 2:57 am
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Originally Posted by orbitmic
Having tried virtual reality a few times for professional purposes, many situations can be disorientating or even nauseating. I really hope they pick carefully or it’s one of those good ideas on paper that might prove quite counter productive
By coincidence I was reading the Encyclopedia Britannica's entry on Virtual Reality in their 2017 Book of the Year (RIP) the other day, and the overwhelming (ha) problem that VR manufacturers have is the more realistic they are, the more nauseous they become. The article pointed out that no one gets sick playing Pokémon GO, as it's a low tech version of VR, and yet arguably the most successful.
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