I can't buy a Vive. Not specs, not price. Just dimples.

This is going to sound weird, but I know I'm not alone out there. Certain even patterns (especially hexagons for some reason) in things like bath foam turn my stomach and make me feel... odd, in a way that's hard to describe. I couldn't watch the new X-Files from the moment some girl lifted her top and had grapefruit-spoon scoops in her stomach. There's a video of a frog that covers eggs on its back with its own skin that I can't watch to this day without having nightmares.

Seen a bunch of vive pics today and oh my god the dimples. I actually can't click on the links any more. There's is not a chance on earth I could have that in my house. The idea of putting my hands on it and feeling them makes me feel physically sick.

Good luck to HTC, but god please make the damn thing smooth.

edit If you're like me, DO NOT CLICK ANY TRYPOPHOBIA LINKS AS THEY CONTAIN HORRIBLE (TO ME) TRIGGER IMAGES. Here's wikipedia's text (thanks u/rlg and u/CMDR_Shazbot, I've always had this and never even knew it had a name):

edit - double fair warning - I can just about make it half-way through this wikipedia text and there is literally nothing else on earth that makes me feel anxious. Not heights, not death, but oh god the holes. You have been warned.

edit - triple warning - I don't ever do this multiple editing thing, but you see that trypophobia.com link in the wikipedia text? DO NOT FUCKING CLICK IT. And if you do, DO NOT PLAY THE FUCKING VIDEO.

I REALLY, REALLY MEAN IT. JUST DON'T. 10 seconds was my time, for anyone else who could stand it.

Trypophobia[2] is a claimed pathological fear of holes, particularly irregular patterns of holes. The term was coined in 2005 from the Greek τρύπα (trýpa) "hole" and φόβος (phóbos) "fear".[3] Thousands of people say they have the condition.[1] It is not recognized in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or other scientific literature.[1][3]

Arnold Wilkins and Geoff Cole of the University of Essex's Centre for Brain Science were the first scientists to investigate trypophobia. They believe the reaction is based on a biological revulsion, rather than a learned cultural fear. In a 2013 article in Psychological Science, Wilkins and Cole write that the reaction is based on a brain response that associates the shapes with danger. Shapes that elicit a reaction were said to include clustered holes in innocuous contexts such as fruit and bubbles, and in contexts associated with danger, such as holes made by insects and holes in wounds and diseased tissue. Upon seeing these shapes, some people said they shuddered, felt their skin crawl, experienced panic attacks, sweated, palpitated, and felt nauseated or itchy.[4] Some said the holes seemed "disgusting and gross" or that "something might be living inside those holes".[1][5][6] Psychiatrist Carol Mathews believes that the responses are more likely from priming and conditioning.[7]

A website, trypophobia.com, describes the phenomenon with videos and images. Images containing clusters of holes are presented in an arrangement that claims to rank the likelihood they will induce fear. Early images in the series include fruits such as oranges and pomegranates. Then, clusters of holes with a possible association with danger are presented, such as honeycombs, frogs, and insects and arachnids. Finally, images feature wounds and diseases. Using data from the site, Wilkins and Cole analyzed example images and believe that the images had "unique characteristics".[8] They state that the reaction behind the phobia was an "unconscious reflex reaction" based on a "primitive portion of the brain that associates the image with something dangerous".[4][5] In another research article, Le, Cole and Wilkins developed a symptom questionnaire that they say can be used to identify trypophobia.[9]