VR Sickness
Constant exposure to VR systems sometimes causes hallucinations during waking hours not connected to VR or seeing things in VR locations where they should not appear. While it is not recognized as a real disease by any medical authority, many users just consider it part of life, with most just suffering minor flickers of seeing things as if from the corner of their vision
Transmission & Vectors
Constant exposure to VR systems
Causes
Constant exposure to VR systems
Symptoms
Symptoms are usually brief visual and auditory hallucinations, in rare cases longer or even chronic hallucinations. A common report is feeling like there is something you can't quite grasp in your peripheral vision and the feeling that you are being watched.
Treatment
Time away from full immersion VR systems, ignoring hallucinations, running debug software, meditation, mindfulness exercises. Many patients are prescribed anti psychotics as the medical community does not believe this is caused by VR use itself, and does not recognize the phenomena.
Prognosis
Even severe cases seem to respond to spending time away from full VR immersion, extremely rarely condition becomes chronic even after extended time in the real world.
Affected Groups
Professional Gamers
Software Developers
Sex Workers
Prevention
Meditation, mindfulness exercises, taking breaks from VR, special VR training, running regular system debugs.
Cultural Reception
While many people spend a lot of their time in the VR world, it is not widely believed to be a problem for the average person. The most noticeable group of full immersion VR community is largely made up of professional gamers and developers, but the public in general regards them as fringe despite their numbers. The manufacturers often blame beta programs and claim that VR is a healthy part of a normal life, and try to say that this is simply a manifestation of underlying mental problems.
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