https://www.erikstill.com/writings daily 0.75 2026-10-16 https://www.erikstill.com/writings/how-runescape-works monthly 0.5 2026-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/46c545c7-4f01-43bd-b772-94b2885423e9/unnamed+%2825%29.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/70b2a423-fea1-4346-8a69-148b74362b86/unnamed+%2857%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Log type by Woodcutting level and experience gained per log. Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/02f57fcc-9013-4d69-b5c2-055afb3bb131/unnamed+%2856%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Normal tree cut chance by axe type and Woodcutting level. Higher success rate = faster gathering. Source: OSRS Wiki. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/e4aa7000-5726-4167-bbe3-d5a00880a1e2/unnamed+%2855%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Bow type sorted by Fletching level requirement. Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/d069f1da-b3e0-4d97-9b7b-ca62432d9f37/unnamed+%2854%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out A player training Magic by killing hordes of monkeys. Each time you cast a spell, you consume runes (which are crafted using Runecrafting) and gain experience based on the damage you dealt. Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/28caa9e5-78ee-47a6-a3f8-2de8d8d5af3a/asdasdsadsadasdasasd.PNG Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out A player-owned house, with people running to the altar to train Prayer (since they get an extra bonus for using an altar that a relatively small number of players can afford). Source: Theoatrix https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/645c6097-8f4f-435d-97c1-bddad9829ca6/unnamed+%2853%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/0121c339-1f31-442f-907d-f951b61bf848/unnamed+%2852%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Quest rewards for the Monkey Madness quest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/ea61de86-41ac-4398-835a-741f68cf1f35/Capture.PNG Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out The more-or-less optimal sequence of the first few quests for new players. Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/ad635f3e-ff87-4b27-94ee-b7fc4fe7f657/asdasdasdasad.PNG Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out All the elite tasks and their requirements for the Ardougne Diary. Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/581ce13d-286e-4ed8-92bf-f52aa48ea61a/asdasdsadasas.PNG Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Rewards for completing all the elite tasks for the Ardougne Diary. Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/69e1dbef-d667-42e8-8249-a04f566ce5cb/unnamed+%2848%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out The final boss in the Chambers of Xeric raid. Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/155b4523-546c-4560-9eca-d99880be5c21/unnamed+%281%29.gif Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out The Infernal Cape. Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/e8653d4c-bc32-4e96-ae5c-758ad52d5977/skillcapes_all.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out A group of players with their skillcapes. Source: Runetips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/79d9c1ba-656b-494d-8f1e-09c5e089d8ac/unnamed+%2822%29.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: u/SingofMe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/9fe4c011-4c8c-4137-9ca6-7f68426dcd27/unnamed+%2847%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Experience required per skill level. Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/572e5b1d-15f8-4f27-8304-6bf82b233657/aq7251M_700b.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out 98 to 99 Runecrafting takes around 50 hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/516edfd3-1d93-43c5-a988-d361394d09a0/unnamed+%2846%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: Reddit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/8cc226d3-9fbf-4543-b5c0-1199eb27e041/unnamed+%2819%29.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: u/ucncalmemom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/1fbc3c0a-759e-4d2d-90e7-ec1c049352d1/unnamed+%2845%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: u/Ir0nstag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/f56729eb-6bc8-4a30-88c3-4306c033b284/unnamed+%2844%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: r/Runescape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/07055849-ec20-4ad1-be72-b70e82ad146f/unnamed+%2843%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out The Slayer task UI. Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/b79e6971-ad90-4745-b95a-e29c4bb8b701/unnamed+%2842%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: u/GunnarVonPontius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/4ee15d74-b9d3-4c56-a94d-ae4a9cfd066b/unnamed+%2841%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out The Collection Log. Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/a3c70d64-395e-4c5b-acd1-65daed931e12/unnamed+%2840%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: u/eatmyass2049 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/0e5f9924-6d19-42ce-9502-b6914aeb65bc/unnamed+%2839%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out The Gold Sink is a useless gold sink that costs 100mil gold. You build it to flex on people visiting your house. Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/5240b53e-ea00-4f1d-a01b-bc5547db9eb5/unnamed+%2838%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out The High Alchemy value of a Mithril Scimitar. The vendor purchase price is somewhere between 0.1-0.6x that “value” figure, depending on which store you sell to. Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/278a16c1-0f7c-4155-9e69-b33395aef1fc/asdasdsadasdasa.PNG Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Although it’s shot up over recent years, the price of Old School Bonds (a proxy for inflation) grew at roughly 19% per year between March 2017 to March 2023. That’s not much for an MMO. Source: GE Tracker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/d2024fbb-5276-443f-940d-f23a282af922/unnamed+%2818%29.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out WoW’s item level hamster wheel or “gear treadmill”. Source: u/Diproc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/0e656ab3-9170-48ec-8c89-868d1559fce4/unnamed+%2817%29.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: u/AshenVR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/e12696d1-ae0c-43a0-8044-168497fc29f9/asdasdasdasdasda.PNG Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Bosses by mechanical difficulty and stat requirements as voted by r/2007scape. Shows how old bosses still feel like content. Source: u/FalcosLiteralyHitler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/b343d19f-9c2c-40ae-baf8-78a353393313/unnamed+%2835%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out The equipment stats window. Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/922fdebd-2db5-4d79-ab1b-18a5aadaeb0e/unnamed+%2834%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out The Graceful Outfit is one of the main reasons why people train Agility. OSRS is all about running around the map, so being able to do so for longer feels like a huge upgrade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/e74fa16e-81c3-47e5-802b-df5ca4a72be0/unnamed+%2833%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: u/Sneakysnakethesnake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/a47e8d55-acf0-4696-8649-d3de6222d019/unnamed+%2832%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out The skills tab in OSRS. See how it creates two very clear objectives with just numbers? Source: OSRS Wiki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/f6d838e4-e619-4cf1-b0d6-68a55ed36de0/unnamed+%2816%29.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: u/DeadKitten23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/d480a1e5-50bd-48f2-ae96-c4025c9e8cc5/asdasdasdsadas.PNG Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Getting a huge experience drop in several skills for completing. Look at how close the next Herblore level is (radial bar on top of image) now. You now have an easy objective. Source: u/Appropriate_Ad_8275 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/154505eb-4b0d-418c-90d1-44772a8af14d/unnamed+%2831%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: u/Skyentific https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/a455ae9d-e52b-4e9d-92df-cceb9f644238/unnamed+%2830%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out The list of useful daily and weekly quests in WoW: Battle for Azeroth. There’s no faster way of getting players to despise your game than using FOMO to pressure them into doing hours of unwanted tasks every day. Source: MadSeasonShow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/0dc57976-627f-4e1e-a495-2ca3f8f08a69/unnamed+%2829%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Just in case you haven’t realized how much everyone hates Agility, here’s another window into the life of a player training Agility. Source: u/KingSerenade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/3bcc4438-9c80-40b3-ac55-0492f19df1f3/asdasdadas.PNG Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Ironman players can end up having a boatload of daily and hourly tasks that functionally remove their sense of agency. Source: u/epicgamer234 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/5c59926a-50ad-45f8-a614-3454e936c4c9/asdsadsadsadasdsa.PNG Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: u/IroncladGG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/7cf70826-9b57-433e-b72b-582d44c838b8/asdsadsadsadasdsaasdsa.PNG Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: u/MoomentOSRS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/78175a35-2218-4874-bed6-b871aed49060/unnamed+%2828%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Sylvanas and Jailer are the major antagonists of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Source: u/shirsalino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/e4ce2c27-aba1-4517-b1b8-d0208d87356e/unnamed+%2811%29.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: u/marksmansam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/c7ca78d5-e880-4617-990c-c3e687bbd506/asdasdadas123.PNG Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out 3-tick mining is when you click a few specific items in a specific order to gather resources faster thanks to a bug that’s now a feature. Source: u/PavementFan1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/ded7cafd-f0c5-42f2-96e0-7e40dbe8f5fb/unnamed+%2810%29.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out The icons are Mining and Runecrafting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/afb58c44-4d6a-44b9-929d-8ffbd0e0e32f/asdsaasdas.PNG Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Comment by u/BadAtNamingPlsHelp from this thread. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/8d3a2eb1-2a7f-41bd-8d92-6b4944686a16/unnamed+%2825%29.png Writings - How Runescape Works - Make it stand out Source: u/etatirri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/052e5aeb-8e29-4cc0-868b-93d06a9258cb/oldfriend.png Writings - How Runescape Works The random characters imply a deactivated account. Source: NeevusChrist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/a33a6bb2-f88f-4158-a915-cf1372214216/rockblocking.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works Source: Imwudyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/578289bd-f396-4b01-898b-5ed288edd1c7/wcbots.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works Source: u/Bennydmf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/3269b964-0314-4f88-be24-a540d971b9c2/osrsvrs3.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works You can see how much more cool gear stands out in OSRS when you don’t have all the shadows and environmental detail to distract you. Source: u/Youngbraap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/feaa21dd-d856-4d85-9d27-56f3c2badce3/osrsvrs3ui.png Writings - How Runescape Works A comparison between the RS3 and OSRS bank UI. RS3 is still better than most MMOs because, while it’s incredibly cluttered, at least the items still stand out from the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/eebb7b8e-565b-457d-87d6-616fbf325b29/agsspec.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works Getting lucky with a huge Special Attack on an enemy player. Source: Framed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/8bfe9a16-1143-4760-aae1-c518d23ae1bb/prayerflick.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works Clicking the right prayer at the right time is a key part of boss fights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/8bcc66d6-bd88-4007-9de4-65eef491005d/burntfish.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works They’re burnt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/902c1aa8-5b15-4233-ada2-f8731c767878/dopamine.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works Source: u/SkizzSlinga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/23061f7f-b102-4c44-8d9d-5c46f00d38df/botting.png Writings - How Runescape Works How insanely effective must a progression system be if players pay money to not play a 20 year old game? Source: u/Le_epic_meme_guy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/4e1ad96e-e0d0-4ccc-9aba-c29f38de687a/playernumbers.png Writings - How Runescape Works Steam player numbers for New World. Source: SteamCharts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/1225bdf3-3af5-40f9-8706-c7496b72558c/skilllvls.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works Trade skills in New World. Source: New World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/6227deb6-f951-4425-9513-ec8ffcd54ea0/bonusxp.jpg Writings - How Runescape Works A bonus experience event. Source: New World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/bbae4eb1-19f0-4f30-8ef6-72ac2a23e184/questreward.png Writings - How Runescape Works An example of quest rewards. 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Source: Twinfinite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/1abfdbd6-f1c5-4155-adc7-6da5a4fe031e/wcnw.png Writings - How Runescape Works Chopping trees always takes the same amount of hits for your given axe and Logging level. Source: Johny Boy https://www.erikstill.com/writings/a-plan-to-solve-motion-sickness monthly 0.5 2026-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/47904ed2-50e3-4777-b59a-73a51fe5d293/unnamed.webp Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/fa82a68c-0586-45c2-9c1b-3cad0e1d1629/clean_video.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/3e69cfee-cb14-45b9-b160-aacae45da8f9/attacked_video.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/a989ecc1-d021-4b52-afc7-2f26ce0b1a66/perturbation.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/970bed35-0df0-4ff6-9a10-111b9c55a5ba/attacked_video.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/85857ef9-6b48-417e-8ad1-b9d6b0748479/attacked_video.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/eda50b39-d41c-4655-a10b-3c2e86ca5661/attacked_video.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/7431f5e7-ad31-47e9-b42f-76cc30ec12c9/attacked_video.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/4d9a51ca-c160-4bb4-abc1-9a58cf56d515/perturbation.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/38ac05a1-9b78-4ea7-b3f4-da21232877b9/attacked_video.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/ecf98c46-e9d4-4c3e-a953-44985bff50de/attacked_video.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/1ab26238-3813-40b9-b863-200d64959889/attacked_video.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/73f1b067-fd96-4779-85d1-3ba32b39dbfd/attacked_video.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/f0cea1ad-677f-48ce-b78a-687a9adb9d32/attacked_video.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/0809f9be-a6f2-4448-8c33-631cd54d85b7/attacked_video.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/c7449a16-1fcc-4fb6-adb9-462559c15bb0/attacked_video.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/e4208d1c-3df6-45e2-8ef9-e4d307a0d0e0/compare.gif Writings - A Plan to Solve Motion Sickness in VR - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.erikstill.com/writings/the-future-of-ar monthly 0.5 2026-08-08 https://www.erikstill.com/writings/vrs-biggest-problem-and-how-we-could-maybe-solve-it monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/c5b18371-7b38-4757-8267-ab228ded35ef/unnamed+%284%29.png Writings - VR’s Biggest Problem and How We Could (Maybe) Solve It - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/ae550dcb-7112-4fbc-b7e7-4534c9e165ef/unnamed+%285%29.png Writings - VR’s Biggest Problem and How We Could (Maybe) Solve It - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/6ed43028-67ea-4cf0-b97e-399a29629789/unnamed.gif Writings - VR’s Biggest Problem and How We Could (Maybe) Solve It If you put your cursor above one of the dots, you’ll realize that nothing is actually moving in this illusion by Dr. Kitaoka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/582e9e8c-0d5b-4394-84e7-c42603066bd1/unnamed+%286%29.png Writings - VR’s Biggest Problem and How We Could (Maybe) Solve It - Make it stand out An example of a VR vignette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/9980b009-50a8-4b80-bece-c62dfe779f7e/unnamed+%288%29.png Writings - VR’s Biggest Problem and How We Could (Maybe) Solve It - Make it stand out An approximation of what the motion processing system would see if it had 1.5 cpd vision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/7388d9c0-d212-4137-8e46-9c1e251baec6/unnamed+%287%29.png Writings - VR’s Biggest Problem and How We Could (Maybe) Solve It - Make it stand out An approximation of what the motion processing system would see if it filtered for <1.5 cpd spatial frequency instead (Edwards et al., 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/5ceb1f04-2fe3-4dd1-a653-7eb7c3660ffb/unnamed+%2812%29.png Writings - VR’s Biggest Problem and How We Could (Maybe) Solve It - Make it stand out Contrast sensitivity = how easily people can tell that something is moving (Mikellidou et al., 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/545ceec6-bd67-4a5b-85d7-3a90aabbee3d/fnins-14-612153-g001.webp Writings - VR’s Biggest Problem and How We Could (Maybe) Solve It - Make it stand out The “serpentine illusion”, which creates illusory movement when scrolling up or down (source: Luo et al, 2020). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/84c4d790-cff4-4450-b0b3-44db52eadbaa/unnamed+%2810%29.png Writings - VR’s Biggest Problem and How We Could (Maybe) Solve It - Make it stand out Isotropic noise should theoretically be the most effective at causing motion sickness, since it’s noise “in all orientations” and therefore makes for the most reliable signal. 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Image source: Ottoson, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/e2d02e03-a2fc-4cd5-b8f2-436ce7bc7407/image+126+%281%29.png Writings - VR’s Biggest Problem and How We Could (Maybe) Solve It - Make it stand out An example of grid flicker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/f74258ac-86af-4262-b6f5-75e9d2e4bd0d/unnamed+%2811%29.png Writings - VR’s Biggest Problem and How We Could (Maybe) Solve It - Make it stand out An example of a brightness vignette we made, where brightness contrast is removed from the periphery (it’s pretty subtle, unless the scene naturally has a lot of brightness contrast). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691c1d48fbe35d0d88931977/7e0b9261-a5b4-4819-b06b-7a9cbb28978a/unnamed+%2813%29.png Writings - VR’s Biggest Problem and How We Could (Maybe) Solve It - Make it stand out Left = applying a high-pass filter to remove low frequency information. 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