![\"Jak](\"https:\/\/wp-assets.futurism.com\/2019\/03\/guy-week-vr-headset-300x158.png\")
<\/div>The Dumbest Thing<\/h2>
Jak Wilmot, the co-founder of Atlanta-based VR content studioDisrupt VR, spent 168 consecutive hours in a VR headset — that’s a full week — pent up in his apartment.<\/p>
“This is quite possibly the dumbest thing I’ve ever done, but welcome to a week in the future,” he said in a video about the experiment.<\/p>
To make the experience even more futuristic, Wilmot livestreamed the entire week on Twitch late last month, later uploading a wrapup video on his entire week on YouTube.<\/p>
The rules were simple: he could switch from a computer-based Oculus headset to a different, untethered headset for thirty seconds while his eyes were closed. His windows were blacked out, he said, so that his physical body didn’t have to rely on the daylight-dependent circadian rhythm.<\/p>
His more mobile VR headset had a built in camera in the front, so that he was able to “see” his physical surroundings — but not directly with his own eyes.<\/p>
“Everything is in the Headset”<\/h2>
Wilmot worked, ate and exercised inside virtual reality. Sleeping in the headset turned out to be “more comfortable” than Wilmot anticipated, though his eyes burned a bit.<\/p>
“If one is feeling stressed, they can load into a natural environment for ten minutes and relax,” he said in the video. “If one is feeling energetic, they can dispel energy in a fitness game — these are like the new rules of the reality I’ve thrown myself in. Everything is in the headset.”<\/p>
VR Connection<\/h2>
Wilmot believes that virtual reality is what you make it. If you want to be alone, you can spend time by yourself in a gaming session, slaying dragons in Skyrim VR. Or you can chose to join the cacophony of VRChat — a communal free-for-all multiplayer online platform that allows you to interact with avatars controlled by complete strangers.<\/p>
“VR is stepping into the shoes of someone else, or stepping into a spaceship and talking to friends,” said Wilmot. “It’s very easy to find your tribe, to make friends, to communicate with others through a virtual landscape, where its no longer through digital window [like a monitor], but actually being there with them. To me that’s what VR is — connection.”<\/p>
Escaping Virtual Reality<\/h2>
After seven days of living inside the headset, Wilmot took off the goggles and relearned what it’s like to live in the real world.<\/p>
Experiment_01… ????????<\/p>
Subject Status… ????? pic.twitter.com\/HC0Jqb3aZq<\/a><\/p>
— jak (@JakWilmot) February 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>
Apart from slight dizziness and some disorientation, he came back to normal almost instantly.<\/p>
One major advantage to not living inside a VR headset: “oh my gosh,” he said, “the graphics are so good.”<\/p>
READ MORE:<\/strong> This Guy Is Spending A Full Week In VR, For Science<\/a> [VR Scout<\/em>]<\/p>
More on virtual reality:<\/strong> Sex Researchers: For Many, Virtual Lovers Will Replace Humans<\/a><\/em><\/p>
The post This Guy Spent a Whole Week In a VR Headset<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>
Read more here:
This Guy Spent a Whole Week In a VR Headset<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dumbest Thing Jak Wilmot, the co-founder of Atlanta-based VR content studioDisrupt VR, spent 168 consecutive hours in a VR headset\u00a0\u2014 that\u2019s a full week\u00a0\u2014 pent up in his apartment. \u201cThis is quite possibly the dumbest thing I\u2019ve ever done, but welcome to a week in the future,\u201d\u00a0he said in a video about the experiment. To make the experience even more futuristic,\u00a0Wilmot livestreamed the entire week on Twitch late last month, later uploading a wrapup video on his entire week on YouTube. Continue reading