Virtual reality record set as man spends 25 hours in an HTC Vive

ceratop001

Someone finally went and decided to try living in virtual reality for a full day, and in the process set an official Guinness World Record for the most time spent in VR while playing a game.

Filmmaker Derek Westerman and a team of producers set up a living room in a Los Angeles apartment to see if he could spend and entire day wearing the HTC Vive and using its controllers to manipulate virtual space.

Wearing a suit and tie, he then set about exploring virtual environments rather than sitting down to play one or two traditional, role playing games for an extended period of time. That detail is key, as it's likely far easier to zone out and play a game for hours rather than force yourself to aimlessly wander through virtual environments on your own with no particular goal. 

Full story: http://mashable.com/2016/05/04/virtual-reality-record/#mFYkuU._e8qf

Lokero

I wonder how bad that would be for your eyes over the long-term.  Does VR allow for true(3D) depth perception the way a mirror does?  Either way, I imagine all that screen light would give you a nice dose of CVS before long.

SEANMCAD

Lokero said:

I wonder how bad that would be for your eyes over the long-term.  Does VR allow for true(3D) depth perception the way a mirror does?  Either way, I imagine all that screen light would give you a nice dose of CVS before long.

a few things on this

1. these modern day VR devices have been found to cure some specific types of vision problems. One of which I had to have surgery for when I was a child and I would not have had if VR existed then.

2. There is less UV rays hitting your eyes (obviously) so that is better for your eyes then going outside anyway. kinda lame point I know but worth mentioning.

3. Most of us have spent decades and thousands of hours behind the exact same base technology just 1 foot away instead of 1 inch away.

artcile on use of VR to help specific vision problems
http://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/05/virtual-reality-game-aims-to-fix-double-vision.html

and by the way I have/had amblyopia however with surgery and glasses by 'lazy eye' is actually now stronger than my normal eye. With that said, I can do VR headsets without glasses which blew me away. It feels strange not wearing glasses and being able to see as well but yeah...been wearing glasses since I was 5 years old

johndoep

Could be just me, but his experience sounded very uncomfortable - painful, in fact.

SEANMCAD

johndoep said:

Could be just me, but his experience sounded very uncomfortable - painful, in fact.

just for reference because a lot of people have no idea.

Oculus headset weighs the same as a standard Hardhat. Vive is slightly more. Hololense has been labeled as the most uncomfortable of them all despite weighing less.

so its hard to tell