Why we dont like V.R first person

Its interesting to note, and this isn't specific for just science fiction either how we do not enjoy or respond well to first person point of view within film. We do however respond well to it within games. Science fiction games are quite often in first person point of view. You never see your character unless there is some kind of story interlude where its a bit of a narrative going on and you step back and observe the interaction. We feel as though we have a kind of freedom when in first person point of view in games but in film we are trapped. There are instances of first person effect in cinema [never a whole movie however]. What actually happens is a fish eye effect effect and its unrealistic, while it is from the supposed eyes of the protagonist, its not realistic in the sense that you don't have glimpses of your nose of cheekbones or hair in from of the camera - something you would never actually see from the protagonist.

This is because it is an oppressive place to be within a film. In a film you have no freedom to control the character, you are trapped in a linear narrative to which you have no control. A camera can never work the way your eyes work. Your eyes constantly flick from object to object often without you even realising but with a camera this wouldn't work as its disconcerting and would make you feel slightly ill.

To this end we can understand why and why not virtual reality first person may and may not be appealing. With V.R you have the same sense that you have within a game, the same freedom of not being trapped within a narrative. Yet there is the sense that you do not know what is happening to your body outside of the game. While being immersed in the V.R experience there is the sense of being disembodied and while your in one world to which you are in total control in a sense your physical body is in another and you have no idea what could be happening to it. Its a very vulnerable and helpless feeling.

Within V.R the technology gives you have the feeling of being immortal meanwhile also exposing your actual body to vulnerably.