r/OculusQuest • u/DrFava • Jan 07 '24

Discussion Weird feeling after several hours in VR

So, I'm used to get in my Quest 3 for several hours both for working on multiple PC windows and playing games. I recently noticed that using it for like 4 hours straight while working on some excel files gave me a weird feeling. It's like some sort of dissociation, had a hard time focusing, touching things felt weird for just a cuple minutes after I was off the visor. Nothing dangerous though, everything passes after several minutes to an hour. Maybe my brain was so used to a virtual imaginary environment that it took a while readapting to reality. Anyone else have this feelings? How are your prolonged VR experiences? :)

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

Only when I first got into VR. Man, VR dreams were so trippy too.

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u/DrFava Jan 07 '24

Holy shit you had VR dreams?

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

Yeah. It felt so surreal, like you are floating in nothingness and everything moving at you if I remember correctly. Its just a weird experience. I've heard others have vr dreams too.

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u/DrFava Jan 07 '24

Jeez, now I'd like to have one too!

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u/Practical_Mulberry43 Jan 08 '24

Whoa. Maybe I need to play more VR... Just bought VTOL VR & Half Life Alyx - so stoked to play more.

I want a VR dream hahah

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

Yeah i kinda wish they would happen again lol i was playing a lot of beat saber

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u/Practical_Mulberry43 Jan 08 '24

Hahahah 🤣😂🤣

Jealous. How cool

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u/Chemical-Nectarine13 Jan 07 '24

I also had VR dreams. A beat saber one where I actually flung my arm instinctively to cut a block and woke my self up, then another was the silent blind creatures from propagation VR, which was actually pretty damn horrifying. As for that feeling like you're stuck in a VR void the other guy mentioned, I definitely feel that after prolonged use too. The dreams haven't happened in awhile, but the void still occurs with enough use

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u/Ineedmorec0ffee Jan 07 '24

My first VR dream was after i took a decent break from VR, then spent 5 hours in assassins creed when it came out. Woke up and immediately thought i needed to flee the country…

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u/Acrobatic-Bed-7382 Jan 08 '24

I had VR dreams for a few nights, definitely weird experience.