What did you do today?

[Sarada]

19 hours ago, efaardvark said:

I've encountered a bit of that during "long" (>1hr) VR sessions.   I've been told that it comes from underpowered setups.  VR is pretty demanding.  You need 2xHD displays running at a minimum of 90 frames per second and the head-tracking needs to sync up with what's being shown on the displays on the order of milliseconds.  50 milliseconds is considered to be the maximum latency for head & eye tracking but certain sensitive individuals can get dizziness, headaches, or motion sickness with as little as 20 milliseconds latency.  20ms would correspond to roughly 2 frames at 90fps so that means that if you move your head then the computer needs to detect that movement and incorporate it into the video being displayed in less than 2 frames.  This is over and above any compute / display power the game or whatever app needs for itself.

Apparently when your brain sees an image with motion in it it will try to predict where the things in motion will be in the next frame(s).  If it doesn't see them where it expects them to be then it takes the differences as you moving, but then your ears and body give your brain a message that they're not doing that and things get confused.  Too much of that and you start getting dizzy or even motion sickness. 

That or the people trying to sell me the gear are trying to upsell me.    But I do believe that's at least part of it.  For me it hits the worst when I'm trying to play a game and things start lagging.  Even a tiny amount of lag that I'd normally never really notice when playing on a monitor can bring on a bit of dizziness in VR.  On the other hand I've never had a problem when I'm just wandering around in one of those museum-type 3d walk-through setups where the scenery is mostly static and I'm just walking around looking and not making sudden weird head motions dodging things and shooting back.

I'm not sure what half of that means but I do know I've gotten a little dizzy on any type of VR setup I've ever used that anyone has so it might be a me issue even if I'm doing nothing intense like just walking I still feel weird after I've been on VR. 

[efaardvark]

14 minutes ago, Sarada said:

even if I'm doing nothing intense like just walking I still feel weird after I've been on VR

I've felt that too.  Like the world isn't quite behaving as it should?  I've felt something similar after getting off a ship after longer trips on the ocean.  I think I get my "sea legs" as my brain and body get used to the motions (or apparent motions in VR) and then when I stop it feels a little odd until I adjust to normal again.

[Sarada]

6 minutes ago, efaardvark said:

I've felt that too.  Like the world isn't quite behaving as it should?  I've felt something similar after getting off a ship after longer trips on the ocean.  I think I get my "sea legs" as my brain and body get used to the motions (or apparent motions in VR) and then when I stop it feels a little odd until I adjust to normal again.

Now that your mention boats I get the same way. I feel weird getting off anything like that. I like being in the boat and don't notice it until I get off one.

[neverletmego]

I didn't really do much of anything today. All I did was vacuum the floor in my room.

[Eris]

Stayed in bed and doomed scrolled. 

[Colu]

Hung out with Andy all day. We slept in a little bit, then got up and had breakfast, threw on a load of laundry, sat outside for awhile, played more Cyberpunk, went for a little walk to get some eggs, and prepped the stuff for our lunches this week. Now I’m just scrolling through here and Andy has gone out to get the demo bike from work so that he can charge it and go for a ride tomorrow. 

[BoilerJacob]

Contacted some friends to be a part of a crew working on something I want to do involving model trains!

[Sakura]

8 hours ago, Soramee_ said:

Ah.. I forgot

BAD 

Let's seeeeee uhh I hung out on the couch for awhile, then I hung out in Pessi's room for awhile to annoy him, back to the couch, back to Pessi's room for more annoyance, at some point I made food and ran to the store down the street to get peanut butter cookies. I talked to my sister & my dad on the phone, I played AQW a little, did some things on RS with my RS clan for about an hour, annoyed the cat, now I think I'm going to go get a shower & after prolly play AK or AQW or both, the night is young - it's only midnight lmao 

[Sakura]

2 minutes ago, Soramee_ said:

i ate 3 meals today 

Good kitty 

[Ayame]

I had to babysit my nephew again today. That took any free time I was hoping to have .( ̵˃﹏˂̵ )
My mom took me out to get iced coffees and bought me a steak dinner after I guess that's something good that came out of it. 

[DJJAW04]

Just got done watching Battle Royale.

[Sarada]

I'm going to my dad's house soon for a Memorial Day cook out in the park with some friends and family.

[Eris]

My dad let me leave work early today so I bought some lunch out, now I'm at home. I'll probably take a nap or smth and wake up later and play some games before bed and doing it all over again smh. 

[Animedragon]

I did my weekly grocery shopping and edited the video footage I took on Saturday and added two new videos to my YouTube channel

[Zeref]

I had some work today but not very much today has been relaxed I was finished by noon. Then we went for a walk and out for lunch at a nice cafe outside. Played games with @Sakura she's been big on AQW and we played it together today and had a nice time. 

[Kirika_Madeleine]

Well sleeping all after a hard work of school teaching I need a rest

[Sakura]

21 hours ago, Soramee_ said:

KITTY?!?!

You already know you're a kitty I don't need to remind you what your discord nickname is

~ today I've mostly played AQW and I went for a walk and out to lunch with Pessi earlier. It's a holiday today but we didn't really do anything for it.

[Sakura]

3 minutes ago, Soramee_ said:

Omg I forgot that you named me that… AAAAAAAAAA

I haven't forgot it

[Sasuke]

I had work early today I got called in for 4 am at the hospital. It was an extremely busy day and I wanted to play something after work but I really only feel like sleeping now. 

[Sakura]

14 hours ago, Soramee_ said:

I wont tell anyone what your weird name is though so dw lmao 

[Zeref]

At lunch today I went to eat with @Sakura, finished up my work, going to work out soon at the gym. We also found a home for the cat we found today with a girl who seems to really love animals and I am sure he's gone to a good home. I may have not mentioned this but I found a cat on the street several weeks ago and have been trying to find a good home for him. 

[Eris]

Had to go to work with my dad as is the usual now that school is out for the Summer.. did meet up with some friends after tho and had a good time went to a gokart place. 

[Sakura]

I've mostly played AQW half the day, alternating between that, OSRS and AK. At some point I think I stared at the ceiling for a good hour. This not having school thing is really boring I need to find something to do because this ain't working for me lol ~ I'm gonna lose my mind just being home all day. 

[Ayame]

9 hours ago, Sakura said:

I've mostly played AQW half the day, alternating between that, OSRS and AK. At some point I think I stared at the ceiling for a good hour. This not having school thing is really boring I need to find something to do because this ain't working for me lol ~ I'm gonna lose my mind just being home all day. 

You could find something small to do over the Summer that is part-time. What about only doing your zoo volunteering or only doing your fish and game program so as to not overwhelm yourself? I'll call you later this evening we'll discuss options and I'll help you. You don't have to spend the Summer staring at the wall and Pessi (￣。￣)

[Sarada]

58 minutes ago, Ayame said:

You could find something small to do over the Summer that is part-time. What about only doing your zoo volunteering or only doing your fish and game program so as to not overwhelm yourself? I'll call you later this evening we'll discuss options and I'll help you. You don't have to spend the Summer staring at the wall and Pessi (￣。￣)

That's a good suggestion Rosie. I'm doing theater over the Summer to keep me from boredom and it at least gives you something to do instead of the nothingness every day.