PSVR2: How to Reduce Motion Sickness | Push Square

pushsquare.com:

Looking to learn how to reduce motion sickness with PSVR2? Motion sickness relates to the sensation of queasiness and dizziness, and is more common when playing virtual reality due to the disconnect between what you're experiencing and the lack of physical feedback. While motion sickness triggers are extremely subjective, there are some steps you can take to relieve the discomfort. As part of our PSVR2 guide, we're going to explain how to reduce motion sickness.

Motion sickness will affect everyone who uses PSVR2 in different ways, and unfortunately to varying extremes as well. As such, there are no hard and fast rules for eliminating the sensation entirely. However, the tips on this page should at least help you to mitigate the issues.

Some virtual reality veterans will tell you to persevere through motion sickness in order to get, what's colloquially known as, your «VR legs». While you can gradually build up a resistance and tolerance to motion sickness, we'd recommend taking a break as soon as you begin to feel the onset of queasiness or dizziness. The reality is that taking off the headset and resetting for 15 to 30 minutes is all you'll need to recover, and then you can get straight back to playing again.

In our opinion, the worst thing you can do is keep playing when you're starting to feel unwell. Once you begin to experience the pangs of motion sickness, the reality is it's not going to improve until you take your headset off. If you're particularly susceptible, then we'd recommend planning out your play sessions in advance; set aside time to complete just one or two levels, and commit to taking off the headset once you're done. As you do build up a tolerance, you'll slowly be able to extend those play sessions.