A dim bedroom with navy walls and white bedding.
Mandatory Sleep Program

Lights out. Headset on.

Every resident sleeps in VR, every night. It is mandatory, it is restful, and it is the only way the night nurse can find you.
Why sleep in VR?

We removed the trip to bed

At your age, the walk from the headset to the bed is where most phantom falls happen. So we took the walk out. Residents stay in-world from evening activities until the morning hydration round, asleep in one of our sleep worlds.

The night nurse does her rounds by avatar. If you are in your sleep world, she knows you are safe. If you are in a club world at 3 a.m., she knows that too, and she will be bringing it up at breakfast.

22:00 Lights out (headset stays on)
07:00 Wake-up chime
4 h Minimum CPAP use per night
70% Of nights, at least
CPAP compliance

A mask under the headset

Many residents use CPAP. Sleeping in VR does not change that; it just adds a strap. Compliance is measured the usual way: at least four hours of use a night, on at least 70% of nights. The night nurse reads your machine's data each morning and leaves a sticker on your door if you made it.

A CPAP machine with its hose, mask and headgear on white bedsheets.
Your sleep partner. It does not snore, and it would like you not to either.
1

Mask first, headset second

Fit the mask and check it for leaks before the headset goes on. Adjusting a mask by feel under a headset is how you end up with a large leak and a fogged lens.

2

Route the hose over the top

Run the hose up and over the back of the head strap rather than across your face, so it doesn't pull the mask sideways when you turn over.

3

Back or side, never face-down

Face-down presses the headset into the mask cushion and breaks the seal. It also rests your full weight on a pair of lenses.

4

Warm the room, not the lenses

Humidification helps with dryness and also fogs lenses. Heated tubing and a warm room usually help more than turning the humidity down.

5

Clean the cushion and the gasket

Wash the mask cushion daily with mild soap and water and let it air dry. Wipe the face gasket while you are at it. Use distilled water in the humidifier.

6

Replace parts on schedule

Cushions, filters and tubing wear out; follow your supplier's replacement schedule. Face gaskets wear out too. We keep a drawer of them.

7

Read your data

Most machines report hours of use, leak and AHI. If the numbers change, tell your sleep doctor, not the night nurse. The night nurse is an avatar.

Sleep worlds

Where you'll be sleeping

A white lighthouse at the end of a pier at sunset.

Lighthouse Point

The beam sweeps past every twelve seconds. Residents who used base stations find it deeply familiar.

The sun setting behind trees over a calm lake.

Sunset Shore

The sun sets for nine hours. It never quite finishes. Neither do the residents' stories.

An ornate cast-iron bench on a gravel path beside flowering climbers.

The Night Garden

Crickets, a bench, and a staff avatar who walks past once an hour with a torch.

A small bedside lamp lit on a white nightstand.

The Reading Lamp

A small room with one lamp left on. For residents who don't like the dark and won't say so.

07:00

The morning round

The wake-up chime plays at seven. A staff avatar brings tea you can't drink and asks you to take the headset off and look at a real window for ten minutes. Then you may put it back on.

A cup of tea with a slice of lemon, seen from above.
The real one is on your nightstand. Drink it.
Not a joke

This is not medical advice

Silver Respawn is a parody website. There is no sleep program, no night nurse and no care of any kind.

CPAP is a medical device prescribed for a reason. If you use one, follow the instructions of your sleep physician and your equipment supplier, and don't wear anything to bed, a VR headset included, that stops your mask sealing or that you wouldn't be able to take off quickly.