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Man Sets World Record With 25 Continuous Hours In Virtual Reality (roadtovr.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the world-record dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Derek Westerman has made it in the Guinness Book of World Records by spending 25 straight hours in virtual reality. He used the HTC Vive and spent his entire time playing Tilt Brush. "Guinness has a whole set of rules and regulations, one of those being 'one game only the whole time.' I wanted to pick something that gave me the most freedom," Westerman says, "And painting in 3D space for 25 hours seemed like the best bet." At around the 17th hour mark, Westerman reportedly experienced some vertigo and threw up into a bucket provided for him by an assistant. The same bucket was used around the 6th hour mark when Westerman had to urinate. Then around the 21st hour, he starts babbling incoherently while waving the Vive controllers around, saying at one point, "I don't know where I'm at..." The video of the event has been released on Wednesday, even though Guinness lists the record as being achieved on April 7th.

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  1. Would have been easier... by NicknameUnavailable · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...if he hadn't picked such a shitty "game." I'd throw up too if I had to "play" MS Paint for 25 hours straight.

    1. Re:Would have been easier... by UnderCoverPenguin · · Score: 2

      Seems to me that an actual game like World of Warcraft, Guild Wars or EVE would have been less boring. One of my cousins wonders if the rules would have excluded Second Life as it's not a game itself, but a "world" with many different things to do, including various games. (She plays in Second Life.)

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  2. I'm sceptic his symptoms were about being in VR by ffkom · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've recently toyed around with "Tilt Brush" in VR using a Vive, and while it might be not as boring as the "Job Simulator", it became pretty boring after 15 minutes or so. Doing "Tilt Brush" for 25 hours sounds dangerous to your mental health - not because of VR!

  3. typo by slazzy · · Score: 2

    The real game is called tit and bush.

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  4. Does spending 17 hours stright by future+assassin · · Score: 2

    on WBS.net Ravers chat back in early 1997 count?

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  5. More detail, please by suupaabaka · · Score: 3, Interesting

    After his experience, he said “There is a definitely a difference between my life before and after spending days in Virtual Reality. I was marked by it. And now, in an exciting way, everything feels slightly superficial or unreal.”

    I want to know how, how it's affected his daily life, and whether that unreality is starting to pass. I've read quite a bit about the effects of LSD and psilocybin, and would like to know if there are any similarities.

    It's a pity there wasn't a team of researchers there with him...

  6. 25 HOURS? That's it? by damn_registrars · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Puh-leeze. We have slashdot members who have been living in virtual reality for years.

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  7. Re:Virtual Time? by Sir+Holo · · Score: 2

    He goes back in time to urinate in the bucket he threw up in?

    Yeah. Fetishes. I can't explain them either.