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Motion Sickness Remedies for Games?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stepping-away-is-one dept.

MagikSlinger asks: "A friend of mine gave me Silent Hill 3 for Christmas (yeah, I know it's old), and I finally got around to playing it. Within 2 minutes, I had to stop and step away from the computer: intense nausea and pressure right behind the eyeballs. I got really, really motion sick playing the game. Does anyone have home remedies, set-ups, video options to make it bearable?"

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  1. Change the FOV by Nomihn0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Change the field of view so it matches what your eyes expect from a 1 foot viewing distance. Your typical FOV is around 120 degrees, in real life. First person shooters often have 90 degree FOVs which are non-proportional to the size that the monitor or television is in your true FOV. Fix it and you should have a virtual, space-accurate, "window" that you look through.

    Also, try taking Dramamine about an hour before you begin playing. Seriously.

    --Best of luck!