misscrabtree456: In GOG's version of the have to play in 3rd person now. It wasn't that before when the game was really wasn't a game.
Starkrun: Going to fully ignore the Troll/Bait and help as someone with this issue may search this and hope for a fix.
PC players can bring it up by pressing the X button, while PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players can press and hold the down button on their controller's directional pad. Once the menu is up, select Utilities, then navigate to the side to find the Camera Mode option: select it to toggle between third-person and first-person viewpoints. As a note every single version of No Man's Sky with the NEXT patch will default you to 3rd person and you will need to switch.
Secondary note, the processes can be repeated in a ship to go from 1st to 3rd person view.
While you can switch between third and first person, there are certain parts that always go third person automatically, such as when jumping to another system or when using terminals (or was it the teleporter?) I do wish there was an option to keep it in first person to maintain the immersion.
When I checked out v1.5, I used my save game and it defaulted to having me in first person, both on foot and in ship. I don't know if starting a new game is different.