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Kids love novelty, sensory stimuli, and attention. The Quest provides these in spades. Half my random squadmates in Population One (the big VR battle royale sho
by neartheplain 6y ago
Kids love novelty, sensory stimuli, and attention. The Quest provides these in spades. Half my random squadmates in Population One (the big VR battle royale shooter) are kids. There are so many kids in VR right now that huge threads on r/virtualreality are dedicated to this problem, VR’s own Eternal September:
https://www.reddit.com/r/virtualreality/comments/m2t7jl/children_in_vr_suck_and_something_needs_to_be/ https://www.reddit.com/r/virtualreality/comments/m2t7jl/chil...
- fatnoah 6y agoI will add that no video game, until Beat Saber and similar, have had my kid red-faced and out of breath after playing it and still wanting more. It's been a lifesaver with sports and everything else canceled due to COVID.
- otabdeveloper4 6y agoI'm not saying that kids won't try some VR games if given the chance. I'm saying that they don't care about chasing the purported innovation dragon and don't view video games as an elite and hip pastime. For them it's just a guilty pleasure that they do while taking a break from actual life. As such, they'll gravitate towards the local optima that get them the dopamine rush faster and easier. Betting on VR as the "next big thing" is the wrong bet.