#motion-sickness

#motion-sickness

Consisting of a grid made up of green lines, the illusion looks completely wild at first glance, with lines bending and spouting off in all directions. And that illusion persists whilst staring at the image - but it's only the lines in your peripheral vision that are out of control. The lines you manage to focus on are surprisingly straight, which gives the slow realisation that the whole grid is actually made up of straight lines.

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In late 2020, I ordered a Quest 2 headset. It was the middle of the pandemic, and I hoped it might break the sameness of those months. VR was everywhere in the headlines, and I wanted to see what it actually felt like. When it arrived, I put on the headset and began setup. Partway through, I had to clear space in my small office for the designated play area.

Motion sickness is a sensory conflict involving visual stimuli, proprioception, and the vestibular system, leading to symptoms like nausea and dizziness.