It's not just me?

[beccaelizabeth]

"While there is little research into video games and what has been called "simulation sickness", estimates suggest that between 10% and 50% of people may suffer to various degrees."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/dec/19/video-games-makes-me-sick

And it says the military are researching it because of simulators being such a big deal in training.
*blinks*

See, there are so many games I can't play, because swoopy camera. But they don't say in the description 'warning, swoopy camera, half of you may become sick!' Which it seems would be really useful.

Comments

[sashajwolf.livejournal.com]

Definitely not just you - Michael Schumacher suffers from it (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9373576.stm), despite being just fine throwing an actual Formula 1 car round a circuit (which routinely involves forces of 4g, often more like 6g, and up to 100g in accidents, of which he has had several.)

[beccaelizabeth]

interesting. It's not so much like regular motion sickness then.

[sashajwolf.livejournal.com]

Dunno. It seems plausible to me that they both involve the inner ear and that simulation sickness is caused by the inner ear experiencing no motion when the brain is receiving images that suggest there should be some, but that's just a guess.