My experiences with VR have been with an early pre-consumer version of the Oculus Rift (last year) and the Samsung Gear VR (this month -- the spouse bought one when he upgraded his phone to a Samsung Edge).
The Rift was neat but the visor wasn't good for those of us who wear glasses, and there was definite nausea issues with some programs/games.
The Gear VR fits well over glasses and actually last night we discovered we don't need glasses to use it. (I'm super-duper nearsighted and I was able to adjust it to mildly blurry.) There's been NO nausea issues, either, for either me or Kevin.
In both cases, though, the real draw was the feeling of presence, of being there. I've experienced that mostly with actual 3D video, less so with 2D video or those 360 photographs. I've sat still in a chair and actually felt like I was moving in a roller coaster (including gripping my chair, haha). I've also NOPED super-hard after only a few minutes of a dungeon horror game called Dreadhalls which despite its low-rez graphics scared the bejeezus out of me the way games generally don't -- again because it felt like I was there.
Normal 3D movies (outside of VR, the kind you wear extra glasses for, or even the Nintendo 3DS kind you don't need glasses for) have never done anything for me, but VR? I've experienced some amazing stuff with VR.
TL;DR: Sounds like what you experienced was a cheap system. :)
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Date: 2016-05-16 10:08 pm (UTC)The Rift was neat but the visor wasn't good for those of us who wear glasses, and there was definite nausea issues with some programs/games.
The Gear VR fits well over glasses and actually last night we discovered we don't need glasses to use it. (I'm super-duper nearsighted and I was able to adjust it to mildly blurry.) There's been NO nausea issues, either, for either me or Kevin.
In both cases, though, the real draw was the feeling of presence, of being there. I've experienced that mostly with actual 3D video, less so with 2D video or those 360 photographs. I've sat still in a chair and actually felt like I was moving in a roller coaster (including gripping my chair, haha). I've also NOPED super-hard after only a few minutes of a dungeon horror game called Dreadhalls which despite its low-rez graphics scared the bejeezus out of me the way games generally don't -- again because it felt like I was there.
Normal 3D movies (outside of VR, the kind you wear extra glasses for, or even the Nintendo 3DS kind you don't need glasses for) have never done anything for me, but VR? I've experienced some amazing stuff with VR.
TL;DR: Sounds like what you experienced was a cheap system. :)