More and more people are sleeping alone, and for those who do so grudgingly, the metaverse is offering a surprising solution: sharing a bedroom in rooms located in virtual reality.
Apparently, it all started as an instrument for relaxation and improving the quality of sleep. The first offers emerged and some users who suffer from insomnia found that if they went to bed immersed in a quiet atmosphere, with dim lighting and soft ambient sounds, they were much more likely to rest. In August 2020, a study by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine showed that this was an effective option.
Virtual spaces soon proliferated with this purpose: offering a quiet and pleasant place to sleep through images, sounds or silences that help reduce tension, fear or anxiety. Minimalist rooms, cabins, apartments on the highest floors of skyscrapers or spaces in the middle of nature, on top of a mountain, near a river, in the middle of the jungle, next to a bonfire or under a starry sky. A year ago Forbes magazine reported that billionaires in the hotel sector were investing in building hotels on platforms such as Decentraland and Sandbox, anticipating that demand would tend to increase.
But then it was seen that a good quality of sleep is not the only reason why there are those who sleep with virtual reality glasses. Some people, after spending hours socializing in the metaverse (chatting, playing, dancing, or just exploring), are reluctant to leave this reality and return to the solitude they find at home. Others, after a normal day, go in before going to sleep, to find someone to chat with for a while and get into bed together in complete solitude.
They are people who in real life can’t find someone to sleep with or hug. And, when they discover each other, they sleep together and hug each other. Sometimes speaking in a whisper. In pairs or in larger groups. And with the inconvenience of wearing glasses that today are still very large and not compatible with total rest.
