There are many exciting things about working on VR projects at the moment. The infancy of the technology coupled with the potential of applications is staggering to me. I love the conversations that get bounced around the office. Any conversation can yield questions that no-one on the planet knows definitive answers to (yet).

That is something which completely excites me.

So after checking out some different games in Oculus Rift recently; I gave myself a case of simulator sickness. Now if you’ve never experienced this; it’s similar to travel sickness but can come on suddenly without warning. It can also pass just as quickly for those of you who might be worried.

I was taking a walk around the office and a dev mentioned simulator sickness would be less of an issue; once I had built up a tolerance. Now I’m not sure building a tolerance as a tester is beneficial. It is easier to gauge the reaction of someone with a tolerance to VR systems, but not as easy to gauge the reaction of a new user if you already have a tolerance.

Then the magic conversation. We start thinking about how this tolerance works. Is this a tolerance which is fluid? Given enough time your tolerance could reduce to a lower level maybe? Or is this a situation where once you’ve walked through a gate; there is no turning back and returning to the way you previously were.

There are so many disciplines colliding here, and so many things to think about. I am hyped to see this all unfold as we find out more!