From: willp@magik.albany.net (Will Pierce)
Subject: Re: HUMAN-FACTORS: Long term immersion in VR
Date: 20 Jun 1996 23:08:11 GMT
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Toni Emerson ("temerson"@hitl.washington.edu) wrote:

: I'm looking for studies on the effects of long term immersion in HMDs.

[snip]

: The subjects were immersed for 20 minute periods.  Does anyone have
: references regarding the longest any person has been immersed in a
: virtual environment wearing a HMD?

I don't know of any studies, but if you are looking for reports of the
effects of long-term immersion, I would bet the best people to talk to
are the hardware manufacturers themselves.  My personal record is about
35 minutes in Virtuality (booth, sit-down style.)  And boy did it cost.

-Will
willp@magik.albany.net (Will Pierce)