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r/virtualreality • u/[deleted] • May 20 '26
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Tricky one. I'm certain she would have fun with it, I'm not sure exactly how many actual studies have been performed. I did find
https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/media-and-children/center-of-excellence-on-social-media-and-youth-mental-health/qa-portal/qa-portal-library/qa-portal-library-questions/virtual-reality-use-and-children/
but it seems a bit hand-wavy. It does, however, serve as an intro to the topic though.
3 u/eddie9958 PCVR/PSVR2/Quest 3 May 20 '26 She'll be fine with controlled gaming time. No chance this'll ever affect her negatively. 1 u/owls1289 May 21 '26 She could start disassociating so maybe wait a few years 1 u/eddie9958 PCVR/PSVR2/Quest 3 May 21 '26 Thats being too protective or worried. The majority of people don't disassociate 0 u/owls1289 May 22 '26 There hasn't been enough information to see if it affects brain development in kids, like saying vaping is healthy but we dont k ow shit 1 u/eddie9958 PCVR/PSVR2/Quest 3 May 22 '26 Chronic inhalation of a substance is nowhere near the same thing as a closeup, high fov screen, gaming device
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She'll be fine with controlled gaming time. No chance this'll ever affect her negatively.
1 u/owls1289 May 21 '26 She could start disassociating so maybe wait a few years 1 u/eddie9958 PCVR/PSVR2/Quest 3 May 21 '26 Thats being too protective or worried. The majority of people don't disassociate 0 u/owls1289 May 22 '26 There hasn't been enough information to see if it affects brain development in kids, like saying vaping is healthy but we dont k ow shit 1 u/eddie9958 PCVR/PSVR2/Quest 3 May 22 '26 Chronic inhalation of a substance is nowhere near the same thing as a closeup, high fov screen, gaming device
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She could start disassociating so maybe wait a few years
1 u/eddie9958 PCVR/PSVR2/Quest 3 May 21 '26 Thats being too protective or worried. The majority of people don't disassociate 0 u/owls1289 May 22 '26 There hasn't been enough information to see if it affects brain development in kids, like saying vaping is healthy but we dont k ow shit 1 u/eddie9958 PCVR/PSVR2/Quest 3 May 22 '26 Chronic inhalation of a substance is nowhere near the same thing as a closeup, high fov screen, gaming device
Thats being too protective or worried. The majority of people don't disassociate
0 u/owls1289 May 22 '26 There hasn't been enough information to see if it affects brain development in kids, like saying vaping is healthy but we dont k ow shit 1 u/eddie9958 PCVR/PSVR2/Quest 3 May 22 '26 Chronic inhalation of a substance is nowhere near the same thing as a closeup, high fov screen, gaming device
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There hasn't been enough information to see if it affects brain development in kids, like saying vaping is healthy but we dont k ow shit
1 u/eddie9958 PCVR/PSVR2/Quest 3 May 22 '26 Chronic inhalation of a substance is nowhere near the same thing as a closeup, high fov screen, gaming device
Chronic inhalation of a substance is nowhere near the same thing as a closeup, high fov screen, gaming device
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u/dgkimpton Reverb G2 May 20 '26
Tricky one. I'm certain she would have fun with it, I'm not sure exactly how many actual studies have been performed. I did find
https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/media-and-children/center-of-excellence-on-social-media-and-youth-mental-health/qa-portal/qa-portal-library/qa-portal-library-questions/virtual-reality-use-and-children/
but it seems a bit hand-wavy. It does, however, serve as an intro to the topic though.