The Abrash Balcony Story

We've all heard the Abrash story about the Steam VR room and stepping off the balcony. Today I tried to recreate that feeling.

DK2 on. Standing. Windlands. Moved to cliff edge. Looked down. Stepped forward. It worked, I experienced trepidation. But why?

First, I'd say it was not presence. It was the weight of the VR device + looking down which caused a rush of blood to the head. This blood rush causes balance issues which feels just like vertigo.

I believe this is what happened to Abrash. He didn't get presence, he got a head rush from looking down.

Try it and report back. I may be wrong.

Submitted October 01, 2014 at 06:59AM by omgsoftcats http://ift.tt/1uBnDjv