Avatar: The Way of Water entertained global audiences with a sumptuous visual feast lasting more than 180 minutes, with images cared for every detail under the magical hands of director James Cameron.
It is known that Cameron and the production team conducted filming using many different advanced technologies.
Avatar: The Way of Water has created a worldwide box office fever even though it was only released not long ago – Photo: 20th Century Studios.
However, not everyone can enjoy that party in the most satisfying and safe way.
Avatar: The Way of Water and visual motion sickness
Why can just sitting still to watch a movie, without moving or shaking, cause such dizziness?
Sharing with Inverse, Yates said: “The vestibular system receptors in the ear are able to sense the movement of the head, and vision can also send signals about movement to the brain.
Motion sickness originates from conflicts in the way different senses perceive movement on the human body – Photo: Internet.
Simply put, motion sickness when watching Avatar: The Way of Water occurs because of conflicts in the way the viewer’s ears and eyes perceive movement.
However, not everyone who is prone to motion sickness feels dizzy when watching Avatar: The Way of Water or some other movies.
In essence, VIMS is a form of motion sickness when we do not make any physical movements, for example when playing video games or using a flight simulator.
Avatar: The Way of Water causes many people to experience visual motion sickness – Photo: 20th Century Studios.
In fact, the first Avatar movie, released in 2009, also made many audiences feel dizzy, especially in 3D format.
Besides, Keshavarz also said that visual motion sickness can occur with any movie format, whether with 3D or 2D images.
It turns out that high frame rates aren’t always good
Besides VIMS, the too high frame rate is also the reason why Johnston as well as some viewers feel dizzy while watching Avatar: The Way of Water.
However, for people who are prone to motion sickness and VIMS, high frame rates cause the exact opposite reaction.
High frame rates make images more vivid and easier to trigger the VIMS phenomenon – Photo: 20th Century Studios.
Images that are too vivid because high frame rates can cause the eyes to send stronger motion signals to the brain, while the ears still insist that the viewer is not moving at all.
To put it simply, images that are too sharp and too realistic thanks to high frame rates easily fool the brain and make viewers think they are directly transforming into the character and experiencing everything.
Of course, not everyone encounters this phenomenon when watching Avatar: The Way of Waters or other 3D movies on the big screen.
Visual motion sickness, like the headaches caused by 3D more than a decade ago, is an inevitable consequence as filmmaking technology becomes increasingly advanced and modern, helping cinematic works
Source: Inverse, 20th Century Studios