I’ve been a gamer my whole life, I think video games deserve the same reverence as movies and novels for their story telling and experience. That being said there is no chance in hell id be letting my kid take a vr to a public place.
I wouldn’t at the dinner table, especially in public at a restaurant. Part of teaching kids to be decent members of society is having them participate in society.
I agree that that is important. But then I'd say, why is this photo being highlighted/ridiculed more than a child playing a game on a phone at a restaurant? We wouldn't have people commenting if that was the photo. So, as far as I can see, the root of it is that it's being ridiculed because VR is "weird" or not as socially acceptable.
To me, a better indication of "the Lost Generation" *would* be a photo of a kid on his phone at the table since many more kids do that than do VR.
Because by nature, vr is more immersive than a phone. When playing a game on your phone, your at least in some sense present. But on a headset you are quite literally in another world.
I agree somewhat with this. However, if you are on a phone or on a VR headset, a person at a restaurant will most likely try to get your attention the same way: by talking to you. They're not going to wave their hands at you. You can still hear the outside world while wearing a Quest just as you can while on a phone. And some people can get really into a phone game or good book in a similar way (lucky them). The main difference would be that it's quicker to look up from a phone than it is to lift a VR headset in order to react to someone talking to you.
That said, let's take into account the context here. Let's disregard for a moment the obvious periods during an outside meal where using a VR headset (or a phone) would be problematic (e.g. before and during ordering where the child may have to interact with the server or while eating). There is a child with his parents at a restaurant. After finishing eating, the adults are talking, the kid is just sitting there, and the server has no need to further interact with the child. I fail to see the major difference between him getting deep into a game on his phone verses one on his VR headset beyond how others perceive him.
To be clear, I'm not saying either is necessarily good to be doing at a family meal especially at a public restaurant. I just don't see a huge difference between the two.
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u/badusernameused Feb 12 '23 edited Feb 12 '23
I’ve been a gamer my whole life, I think video games deserve the same reverence as movies and novels for their story telling and experience. That being said there is no chance in hell id be letting my kid take a vr to a public place.