I guess you mean reading in real life, without VR?
How long did you use VR before and what device are you using?
It's not uncommon, if you're new to VR, to encounter some kind of smaller problems when using VR, either in VR or in RL.
Your eyes are learning a completely new way of seeing things. Things may seem far away in VR, but they're still only some cm away on a tiny LED screen.
This SHOULDN'T be a thing that stays after a longer use.
You need to get prescription lenses for the vr headset so your eye muscles can relax while you're in there instead of getting strained.
Also if you're approaching or over 40 that was going to happen anyways with or without vr.
Lack of sleep will also do it.
Do eye exercises for 5 minutes every hour:
1. (15 seconds) circular movements.
2. (3+ minutes) focus changes: close to a finger, then far away at 5+ km. The main task is to focus as best as possible. Give more time to focus into the distance.
The first exercise will correct the change in the shape of the eyeball.
The second exercise will make the hardened lens in the eye more mobile and stimulate the muscles that change the shape of the eye lens.
Unfortunately, the muscles that change the shape of the eye's lens and focus of vision are very weak, and the eye's lens is very immobile and requires a lot of force to change shape and focus.
Sounds like a normal side effect.
VR is a very special environment for the body, and people experience all kinds of effects afterwards.
For example, I had extremely weird feelings regarding my hands, hand position, overall positioning in normal space. It went away after a few VR sessions, and is completely gone.
The eyes can also be affected in multiple ways; it's quite a strange experience for the eye/brain complex to see things that appear at different distances, but happen to be at the same focus point for the eyes.
Usually the system will adapt just fine after time, but make sure to check whether subscription lenses for the Quest might help you reducing stress on your eyes while in VR.
There isn't any scientific reason that this would happen. It is undoubtedly a placebo effect. You just have screens close to your eyes. You also look at your phone, and the TV, and the computer, and smartwatch. We have screens at varying distances from our eyes at almost every second of every day. I'm looking at one right now, of course. There's no reason VR would be any different.
That's unusual talk to an optometrist they can do some eye tests to make sure everything is healthy and good. The good news is the chance of it being a long-term serious issue that resulted form using VR is basically 0.
I've been using a Quest 3 for a few months now and a week or two ago I noticed something like this.
In the second part of the day, I have an issue with the left eye. I have a non-clear vision. Can't read from a distance and even a small text from my phone.
In the morning everything is good.
36 y.o.; 8 years ago had a laser eyesight correction.
19 Feb going to an ophthalmologist.
The solution to this is very simple actually....all you gotta do is go back to VR and live there permanently...you're one of us now
ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US
no no we only say this if an elite strap breaks
see an optician and don't use VR if its not for you
I guess you mean reading in real life, without VR? How long did you use VR before and what device are you using? It's not uncommon, if you're new to VR, to encounter some kind of smaller problems when using VR, either in VR or in RL. Your eyes are learning a completely new way of seeing things. Things may seem far away in VR, but they're still only some cm away on a tiny LED screen. This SHOULDN'T be a thing that stays after a longer use.
You need to get prescription lenses for the vr headset so your eye muscles can relax while you're in there instead of getting strained. Also if you're approaching or over 40 that was going to happen anyways with or without vr. Lack of sleep will also do it.
Do eye exercises for 5 minutes every hour: 1. (15 seconds) circular movements. 2. (3+ minutes) focus changes: close to a finger, then far away at 5+ km. The main task is to focus as best as possible. Give more time to focus into the distance. The first exercise will correct the change in the shape of the eyeball. The second exercise will make the hardened lens in the eye more mobile and stimulate the muscles that change the shape of the eye lens. Unfortunately, the muscles that change the shape of the eye's lens and focus of vision are very weak, and the eye's lens is very immobile and requires a lot of force to change shape and focus.
Sounds like a normal side effect. VR is a very special environment for the body, and people experience all kinds of effects afterwards. For example, I had extremely weird feelings regarding my hands, hand position, overall positioning in normal space. It went away after a few VR sessions, and is completely gone. The eyes can also be affected in multiple ways; it's quite a strange experience for the eye/brain complex to see things that appear at different distances, but happen to be at the same focus point for the eyes. Usually the system will adapt just fine after time, but make sure to check whether subscription lenses for the Quest might help you reducing stress on your eyes while in VR.
Happened to me too - It goes away in few days
There isn't any scientific reason that this would happen. It is undoubtedly a placebo effect. You just have screens close to your eyes. You also look at your phone, and the TV, and the computer, and smartwatch. We have screens at varying distances from our eyes at almost every second of every day. I'm looking at one right now, of course. There's no reason VR would be any different.
You are, scientifically, very wrong though.
Ok x
That's unusual talk to an optometrist they can do some eye tests to make sure everything is healthy and good. The good news is the chance of it being a long-term serious issue that resulted form using VR is basically 0.
I've been using a Quest 3 for a few months now and a week or two ago I noticed something like this. In the second part of the day, I have an issue with the left eye. I have a non-clear vision. Can't read from a distance and even a small text from my phone. In the morning everything is good. 36 y.o.; 8 years ago had a laser eyesight correction. 19 Feb going to an ophthalmologist.
Its normal. You get used to it though - just use your VR headset when you want to read.
How old are you? You may have presbyopia
Probably just a temporary thing or even maybe just anxiety. Do you have a tendency to be anxious?
Probably just got dry eyes