It's basically the same as seasickness, or motion sickness in general... you feel sick, because your eyes and your sense of balance tell your brain different things. that's why a cure for seasickness is being in a spot on the boat where you can see the horizon... so that your brain realizes that those movements are real, as opposed to staying under deck where your eyes dont see the movements that your sense of balance is all hyper about.
that being said, I haven't heard about "LCD screens induce seasickness" either. but i can see how the shifting point of view when you pop out the sidebar can induce it :/ /me goes to get a waterproof keyboard just in case Am Mittwoch, 24. März 2010 12:17:27 schrieb Tateru Nino: > Sounds like Virtual Environment Sickness (a perceptual dissonance malady > somewhat akin to seasickness). While it affects about 30% of the > population from the USAF studies that I've seen, I haven't read anything > to suggest that either the SL viewer or LCD monitors affect the overall > prevalence of the condition. > > On 24/03/2010 9:55 PM, Argent Stonecutter wrote: > > Not to disagree with the entirety of your rant, but this bit seems > > completely off the wall. > > > > On 2010-03-23, at 21:39, Jonathan Irvin wrote: > >> Not to be rude, but if people are getting vertigo, epilepsy, etc. > >> from SL...viewer 2.0 isn't going to make a difference. Viewer 1.23 > >> would have the same effect. Maybe not in your coveted sidebar, but > >> it SL in general. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it. This > >> is common knowledge. > > > > It is? I'd never heard of it before. I don't get vertigo from SL. I do > > get it from some games, like Descent, and I was getting it from the > > sudden uncontrolled slewing of the viewport in the 2.0 viewer. But not > > SL. > > > >> LCD monitors nowadays will cause those effects *regardless* of the > >> > >> application running, so please don't make someone else's illness as > >> your point in voicing your opinions. > > > > Um, what? Cite please. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting > > privileges _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
