What games to 'train' myself in VR

almoststew1990

almoststew1990

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I've ordered a Quest 2, fancy headstrap and PC link cable.

I'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to motion sickness so I'm after some recommendations about what games I should play to begin with, either from the oculus store or steam.

I get motion sickness with reading the in the car, so my eyes telling me I am still and everything else telling me I am moving. VR is the other way around!
 
Start with static games. I like Space Pirate Trainer and I Expect You To Die is great!

Then move up to teleport motion. HL:Alyx is good and then you can switch to full motion if you are feeling brave.

I havent got beyond teleport motion yet.
 
almoststew1990 said:
I've ordered a Quest 2, fancy headstrap and PC link cable.

I'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to motion sickness so I'm after some recommendations about what games I should play to begin with, either from the oculus store or steam.

I get motion sickness with reading the in the car, so my eyes telling me I am still and everything else telling me I am moving. VR is the other way around!
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Play whatever you want. It doesn't matter. What does matter is that you stop playing and take off the headset as soon as you start feeling nauseous. Don't try to push through.

I will repeat that because it's so important. Don't try to be tough, don't say, just two more minutes. When you feel nauseous stop immediately and take off the headset. When you are completely recovered start playing again.

What you will find is that over time you will build up your VR legs and eventually you will be able to play in VR as long as you like.
 
Try natural locomotion.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/798810/Natural_Locomotion/

There are also some games that naturally support arm swing to move forward, such as LA.Noire VR, Dungeon Knight and Sprint Vector. It might help you some to try that, also make sure you've enabled comfort vignettes that kick in to narrow the field of view while artificially turning and running.

Personally i got over it by turning lap after lap in assetto corsa, cockpits give you a frame of reference that will initially help.
 
Real vr fishing is another great sitting experience.

Rec room is probably a good option. Free, variety of locomotion options, perfect. Mission iss could be good too once you're a bit more ready, since you control motion with your movements rather than just stick locomotion.
 
Well it arrived today and I am immediately sold by the potential by the built in play room thing on the oculus! I did it for about 15 minutes before stopping. I felt sick before even starting just by thinking about feeling sick! I didn't feel that bad during it (it got better actually) but started feeling weird after 15 mins so I'm giving it a rest for a bit.

I'll download the beatsabre demo and give that a go later.
 
almoststew1990 said:
Well it arrived today and I am immediately sold by the potential by the built in play room thing on the oculus! I did it for about 15 minutes before stopping. I felt sick before even starting just by thinking about feeling sick! I didn't feel that bad during it (it got better actually) but started feeling weird after 15 mins so I'm giving it a rest for a bit.

I'll download the beatsabre demo and give that a go later.
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Don't try and push through, you'll only get worse.
 
I gave it another go just not and didn't feel bad at all on Superhot, I just stopped so I wasn't "pushing my luck". I think it helped that I was moving a little, on the spot, so my eyes and body were in agreement about what was happening :D
 
Superhot is pretty comfortable as there's no artificial locomotion - it's just you moving your body.

The ones to watch out for are those with smooth locomotion/turning using the thumbsticks.
 
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