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Dreamscapes and Virtual Realms: Exploring VRs Impact on Dream Patterns

Title
Dreamscapes and Virtual Realms: Exploring VRs Impact on Dream Patterns
Creator
Biju, Joslyn; Prathish, R.K.; Shree, B. R. Vedha; Jayapriya, J.; Vinay, M.; Deepa, S.
Description
In recent years, psychologists have been exploring the impacts of virtual reality on mental health, discovering its potential toward curing diseases and therapeutic tools for many such mental conditions. In conventional exposure therapy, the ability of patients to successfully visualize particular feared stimuli is a prerequisite for imaginal exposures. On the flip side, various VR-related tasks have been conducted to test the impact on dreams. This study examines the impact of VR on dreams and analyze the changes in its patterns. By reviewing the recent papers, we concluded that the potential harm caused by VR is well established, with negative side effects reported since the early 1990s. Seven of these twenty-three studies either did not report global incorporation rates or failed to provide sufficient data to determine them. The side effect profile associated with the clinical use of VR and AR remains largely unknown; therefore, we systematically reviewed available evidence of their adverse effects. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2026.
Source
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies;Volume;447 SIST;pp.223-235
Date
01-01-2026
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Subject
Dream content; Immersive reality; REM sleep; Sleep pattern; Virtual reality
Coverage
Biju J., Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to Be) University, Karnataka, Bangalore, India; Prathish R.K., Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to Be) University, Karnataka, Bangalore, India; Shree B.R.V., Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to Be) University, Karnataka, Bangalore, India; Jayapriya J., Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to Be) University, Karnataka, Bangalore, India; Vinay M., Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to Be) University, Karnataka, Bangalore, India; Deepa S., Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to Be) University, Karnataka, Bangalore, India
Rights
Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library
Relation
ISSN: 21903018; ISBN: 978-981967544-9;
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Conference paper

Citation

Biju, Joslyn; Prathish, R.K.; Shree, B. R. Vedha; Jayapriya, J.; Vinay, M.; Deepa, S., “Dreamscapes and Virtual Realms: Exploring VRs Impact on Dream Patterns,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 19, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/25600.

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