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Old 03-08-2010, 10:40 AM   #17
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I have noticed the same thing. Quite a few FPS seem to do it, and I only do FPS on the PC. I first encountered it in HL2, specifically the part in the boat. I need to take regular breaks through that portion. The rest didn't bother me. But since that time I've noticed other games where the same nausea occurs.

I'm wondering if the rendering is just getting so good that it is fooling part of your brain and giving the seasick feeling.

Turing on a light to the side of the screen helps somewhat. That seems to minimize the immersion.

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Not sure why though. My eyes get messed up when playing Rockband though, because of the buttons going up the screen, after the song is done my eyes think the entire image on the tv is moving up.
It is because you are getting accustomed to seeing it go by at a constant speed and are concentrating on it so hard.

One summer job I had was on an assembly line where I would assemble a wiring harness on a jig. The jig would move along, I would work on it while moving sideways doing my job, and when I finished I moved back to the next jig in line. If you were still looking at the jig when the line was turned off it suddenly looked like the jig was moving backwards for a couple seconds.

It is just your brain screwing with you.
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