VR Injuries

[Trig]

Anyone managed to hurt themselves playing VR yet?

I've just been messing around in Zero Caliber and managed to whack my hand on the desk, removing a chunk of skin, giving myself a nice bruise and an imprint of my controller strap on the back of my hand...

FFS

 

[Unseul]

Crunched my fingers and knuckles a bit. Removed some skin etc.

 

[jklc]

I always stay aware of my surroundings to a degree and the glowing room boundaries do the job. Just a light brush up against a wall a few times with the original Vive controller.

 

[glenimp617]

Nearly had a heart attack after a mad session on les mills bodycombat

 

[Trig]

Nearly doesnt count...

 

[Ravenger]

Bashed my thumb into the attic ceiling trying to throw a grenade in HL Alyx. I always throw underarm in VR now.

 

[Jay85]

Broke my pinky playing Half Life Alyx, running away from a Headcrab because my brain couldn't comprehend it so i physically ran and ended up falling down a flight of stairs.

 

[Jay85]

Oh thanks for the Sympathy Trig!

 

[drakulton]

I saw her on a Quest 2 trailer and she broke my heart.

 

[chaparral]

I saw her on a Quest 2 trailer and she broke my heart.

She may like to give you something as she likes a soft touch strap which is easier then ever to just slip on & off

 

[drakulton]

She may like to give you something as she likes a soft touch strap which is easier then ever to just slip on & off

Already in the queue.

 

[ScarySquirrel]

I have a fairly limited space when playing PCVR, and I've punched the wall a couple of times. I also hit my TV when playing a table tennis game on standalone Quest 3. No major injuries yet, thankfully.

 

[something daft already!!]

Only my pride when I was beaten in a race on ACC.

 

[Unseul]

I have a fairly limited space when playing PCVR, and I've punched the wall a couple of times. I also hit my TV when playing a table tennis game on standalone Quest 3. No major injuries yet, thankfully.

If that's Eleven Table Tennis, they've got a mixed reality mode, very handy for avoiding furniture.

 

[ScarySquirrel]

If that's Eleven Table Tennis, they've got a mixed reality mode, very handy for avoiding furniture.

Yes that's the one. Good to know, thanks.

 

[Unseul]

Yes that's the one. Good to know, thanks.

I play in my lounge, put the end of the table out the big window into the garden .

 

[ScarySquirrel]

I play in my lounge, put the end of the table out the big window into the garden .

Nice. It's a great game, can't believe how real it feels. I'm terrible playing people online though, they put so much spin on their shots and often I can't even reach them.

 

[melmac]

Nice. It's a great game, can't believe how real it feels. I'm terrible playing people online though, they put so much spin on their shots and often I can't even reach them.

Just reminds me of my games with @Mr.Cookie and Rocksteddie.

 

[TheVoice]

Yep, smacked the side of my hand below my thumb against my hi-fi cabinet while trying to throw a grenade in Arizona Sunshine 2. It still hurt a bit after two months.

 

[melmac]

The worst injury I had was back in the early days. I was playing Laser Tag in Rec Room. A guy was firing at me and had me pinned down behind a few boxes. He got briefly distracted by one of my team mates and had to move behind cover. So I said I would take this chance and try to get him, but I couldn't quite shoot him from where I was, but if I leaned on the boxes beside my I would get a perfect angle. Of course in the real world there was no boxes. It was exactly like that scene in Only Fools and Horses where Del boy went to lean on the bar.

I can remember thinking 'why haven't I stopped moving yet?' It was the weirdest sensation as my brain couldn't figure out what the hell was happening. Didn't even try to protect myself as I fell like a tree. I crashed my head off the corner of my subwoofer. It was agony and shock and everything rolled into one. I was stunned for ages afterwards.