Who here has tried VR?

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SvennoJ said:

S.Peelman said:
No. I haven’t tried it.

I think my eyes aren’t going to appreciate having a screen right in front of it, and my face isn’t going to appreciate having a brick attached to it. Then, I think I’d feel too claustrophobic being so detached from your surroundings, even though I don’t suffer from claustrophobia in actual life. I don’t think I’d like not being able to see the rest of my house or interact with the people there.

It's not like you are imagining it. The optics place the screen far away from you, actually you aren't even aware of the screen. It puts you in another convincing full scale 3D world. You will feel claustrophobic when you crawl into a small space in VR, but not when you're standing in a big room or out in the open. The FOV is not as big as in RL yet much bigger than sitting close to a TV. It's a bit like putting your hands next to your face, not claustrophobic. I am pretty claustrophobic (hate flying) but have no trouble with VR, until I have to get into a small space lol. Actually I get worse claustrophobia from reading when someone gets stuck in a cave.

The helmet is not as heavy as a brick but it's hard to forget it's there. You can always use the tv speakers or other external sound to stay aware of what happens around you. You can still interact without looking at people! PSVR is not a perfect enclosure either, if you tilt your head up, you can look out underneath it. At least I can since the thing won't come all the way in due to my glasses.

Exactly this. I’m claustrophobic and never once felt uncomfortable. And if I did, I could just take the headset off.

As far as the weight of the headset, at least with the PSVR, I can tend to get so immersed in a VR game that I can actually forget about the headset entirely. But either way, the headset is rarely bothersome. And I wear glasses, too.