Is it bad for your HMD to sleep in VR?

[Little Game Fairy]

Part of the fantasy I had before buying an Oculus Rift, was to sleep in VR.
The idea of waking up in a virtual world and my mind being tricked into thinking I was waking up in a new place, was really appealing to me.

I even did it one day in VR. And it was a really rewarding experience. And worth the discomfort of wearing the headset the whole time.

But it isn't worth ruining my Rift over. And many people have told me that's bad for my HMD.
I kind of want a second opinion, I guess. Because I kind of don't want that to be true. I want to be able to sleep in a virtual world without ruing my HMD.

I really want that fantasy of waking up in what feels like another world.

[The Shadow]

As long as you don't do it everyday it should be fine I think

[Radiocaster]

If you dont do it very often your HMD should be fine

[james]

Like the other replies, there shouldn't be an issue.
I'd recommend sleeping in a chair rather than on the floor, though. Could stop you from breaking the headset.

[Frosty]

I believe both the Vive and Rift are using Samsung AMOLED screens which are fairly resistant to "burn in" though that does not mean they won't, just less likely.

Probably not the best thing to do... but hopefully not entirely horrible if you don't do it regularly? I suppose if you went to sleep in a map where stuff was moving constantly so every pixel changes constantly it should prevent the burn in effect?

[Little Game Fairy]

Originally posted by Frosty:

I believe both the Vive and Rift are using Samsung AMOLED screens which are fairly resistant to "burn in" though that does not mean they won't, just less likely.

Probably not the best thing to do... but hopefully not entirely horrible if you don't do it regularly? I suppose if you went to sleep in a map where stuff was moving constantly so every pixel changes constantly it should prevent the burn in effect?

Thanks for the advice. While I generally like a more relaxed atmosphere and places from games I love that many talented and dedicated people have imported into VRChat as worlds.

There are many "psychedelic" worlds that people have made with constantly moving colors and things like that. Sounds like one of them would be much safer for my headset, and more akin to a screen saver.

[Nymphpott]

Rift goes off after 10 minutes of no movement as a safety feature. So in that sense the headset will kinda protect itself from any type of burn or malphunction if you sleep very still. So If you fall asleep and stay still. Rift lenses power down and stay off until ya move your head or toss and turn. then they power back up quite quickly.

And yeah. I fell asleep with my rift on. Woke up to blackness. Was kinda scary. Moved my head and screens came on. lol...

I would be more concerned if its safe for your health as opposed to the headsets. Pretty rough on the eyes waking up to staring at bright lights like that. Very disorienting to waking up to pitch black when you open your eyes. God knows the long term mental and physical health effects of this typa stuff. Part of me thinks its cool, but the other part says that just cannot be good for me.

[Detective Bread Crumbs]

Sleep while standing up. i do it all the time

[Styke]

It's terrible for your graphics card.

[Johnny-Boy]

The big problem here is if you move around in your sleep and you might crush the headset
or wake up with a terrible neck pain.
Or if tears that has dirtied down the lenses...
Rip electricity bill btw.

[I'm Ringo]

I know someone who does pretty much sleep in VR and keeps their HMD (Vive) running pretty much for +15 hours at a time almost everyday. It undoubtly puts wear and tear on the screens and electronics within the HMD but like any display and computer tech they are designed to take the toll. You are just running down its possible lifetime by keeping it running. I know that within SteamVR (Vive and the other SteamVR hmds) you have a setting in which you can set a time where when there is no HMD movement the screens shut off. I think it is set to turn them off by default after 10 or so seconds. If you fall asleep and toss your head around though this will wake the screens back up.

Also keep in mind the increase in electricity. If you live in a place where there is a tiered system (like southern CA), you might find yourself paying more per kw/h than normal.

[Johnny-Boy]

Also, my memory from 2 years ago says that the base stations only lives for 50k hours
when active, so that's also bad.
Edit: Looked it up, it's actually something like 50 thousand hours, which is almost 6 years if running nonstop, so... I guess it's not THAT bad afterall.
https://twitter.com/vk2zay/status/648078454752067584

[Bamboot]

For any long term use of a VR headset, I really suggest getting a removable / washable face cover that fits over the foam facerest. That helps protect your gear and your face so sweat doesn't build up in the headset face cushion.

[Little Game Fairy]

Originally posted by Styke:

It's terrible for your graphics card.

It is? :<

Was thinking about buying a GearVR and trying to somehow use my S6 with my PC, just for sleeping. Or a cheap Dell VR/Mixed Reality HMD. That way I would be a tad less worried about something happening to it.

But if it's bad for the graphics card, that won't fix it.

[Lemon]

Get a nervgear on 10-20 years or more

[KS OMK]

>sleep with a vr set to wake up in vr
I'm sorry for your sad life mydude.