This marathon VR binge-watching session is a new Guinness World Record

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This marathon VR binge-watching session is a new Guinness World Record
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The art of binge-watching has already been perfected by TV addicts. But this weekend, a new kind of binge-watching took place—setting a *Guinness World Record (http://mashable.com/category/guinness-world-records/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) for the most time spent watching visual content in virtual reality.*

SEE ALSO: Oculus software update harnesses power of new Gear VR controller (http://mashable.com/2017/03/29/oculus-home-update-gear-vr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


Using Oculus Rift (http://mashable.com/category/oculus-rift/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) VR headsets, two participants, Alex Christiso and Alejandro Fragoso, binge-watched 50 hours of **n-stop VR movie content in lower Manhattan. The videos ranged from immersive content like Invasion (http://mashable.com/2016/02/10/tribeca-film-fest-virtual-reality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and Stranger Things VR (http://mashable.com/2016/08/07/stranger-things-vr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) to streaming video via CyberLink's PowerDVD 17 software and the Netflix VR app.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/17/vr-binge-watching-guinness-world-record/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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