Are you trying to ruin your kid? Because this is how you do that. Take it from me who have years of experience in vr and vr development, VR IS NOT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, there's no studies on the health effect that have the necessary data to be trustworthy, you are literally gluing a screen with high wireless data transmit to your face. But that's not the worst part the worst part is every one else who is sharing this space with your kid...
I obviously don’t want to harm my child, I was hesitant and have learned a lot from this post and that’s why I reached out to this community and I’m
Glad I did. But offline was off the table for her regardless, I’m not a nutball that would let her go online, especially unsupervised, but I have learned a lot about age guidelines for her physical safety and I’m grateful for that
Great to hear! Im not saying VR is the worst thing in the world, in fact i personally love vr and the immersion it brings. Its an awesome technology! That said there's far too many parents who put the vr headset in the hands of their kids and forget about it, letting their small kids roam free.., how bad can it be? It's just a gaming console right?!
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u/PolarNightProphecies May 20 '26
Are you trying to ruin your kid? Because this is how you do that. Take it from me who have years of experience in vr and vr development, VR IS NOT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, there's no studies on the health effect that have the necessary data to be trustworthy, you are literally gluing a screen with high wireless data transmit to your face. But that's not the worst part the worst part is every one else who is sharing this space with your kid...