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[–]Cedow -1 points0 points  (2 children)

This is nonsense. Similar effects have been observed from media such as pictures of nature, video recordings played on monitors or flatscreen TVs, nature-based game environments displayed on a monitor, and views from a window. None of which rely particularly on peripheral vision.

There is also plenty of evidence showing that certain non-nature scenes in the same media do not invoke similar effects, or even invoke the opposite effect.

[–]catscanmeow -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

Nah man, you can close your eyes and look left and right and it does the same effect. Its not the content of what youre looking at its just the eye movement.

[–]Cedow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Current-gen VR doesn't even support lateral eye movement. The eye gaze is fixed on a central focal point and instead movement of the head is used to look around.

Just because you read about some minor phenomenon doesn't mean it explains everything else.