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What are the health implications of watching a screen this close for many hours every day? Is there scientific consensus on this or are we exploring uncharted w

What are the health implications of watching a screen this close for many hours every day? Is there scientific consensus on this or are we exploring uncharted waters?

spaceman_2020 3y ago
You won't be able to wear this for hours every day since the battery won't last more than 2 hours. Luckily, we're being constrained by battery tech.
- rmm 3y ago
  It can be plugged in for long term use.
  - LastMuel 3y ago
    It seems a lot of people have missed this detail. Additionally, it looks like the battery pack has a usb-c/lightning port on it (possibly for charging while you keep using it). It's visible in the following image: https://media.wired.com/photos/647e8a46e416fd283a85c2da/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/Apple-Vision-Pro-Hands-On-Gear-Battery-GettyImages-1258467701.jpg https://media.wired.com/photos/647e8a46e416fd283a85c2da/mast...
    - Auracle 3y ago
      MKBHD mentioned you could connect the battery pack to another another battery pack. Making their own battery pack essentially a dongle instead of just having a USB-C adapter for their cable is so Apple it hurts.
- crimsontech 3y ago
  Looks like a battery pack though, surely you could just buy a few or just have it connected to a power supply.
  - DANmode 3y ago
    Battery pack is currently priced in the thousands.
huseyinkeles 3y ago
Focal distance with most of the VR headsets are around 1.5 meters. (Thanks to the optics)
sph 3y ago
There is no scientific consensus, especially long term. But with all things, if it's not what nature designed us for, it's probably not great, if not terrible for us. Then add the developmental result of having a child with this strapped for most of his puberty (you know it's gonna happen), and I am glad I'm too old to get sucked into this fad. I feel alienated by how positive the reception for this thing is.
viraptor 3y ago
No idea about the eyesight, but a personal anecdote about the eyetracking for the cursor/selection: It's an existing assistive technology and a few years ago I tried it for fun for a day. It can get tiring and you really exercise the muscles moving your eyeballs. I suspect it's something that you train / get used to in the end, but it's definitely an unexpected strain on the body. I suspect that's going to become a new thing people experience like the texting thumb RSI.
astrange 3y ago
AR/VR doesn't work the same way as a 2D screen because of the lenses. Your eyes are essentially focusing at infinity. It can lead to completely different problems, mostly in children. Adults instead get terrible motion sickness if you're not very careful.
DANmode 3y ago
Since everyone responding seems to be missing the point: are there electromagnets in this, or anything else that could impact brainwaves, cell behavior etc?
- XajniN 3y ago
  Just wrap your head with tinfoil before putting it on.

What are the health implications of watching a screen this close for many hours every day? Is there scientific consensus on this or are we exploring uncharted waters?

spaceman_2020 3y ago

You won't be able to wear this for hours every day since the battery won't last more than 2 hours. Luckily, we're being constrained by battery tech.

rmm 3y ago
It can be plugged in for long term use.
- LastMuel 3y ago
  It seems a lot of people have missed this detail. Additionally, it looks like the battery pack has a usb-c/lightning port on it (possibly for charging while you keep using it). It's visible in the following image: https://media.wired.com/photos/647e8a46e416fd283a85c2da/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/Apple-Vision-Pro-Hands-On-Gear-Battery-GettyImages-1258467701.jpg https://media.wired.com/photos/647e8a46e416fd283a85c2da/mast...
  - Auracle 3y ago
    MKBHD mentioned you could connect the battery pack to another another battery pack. Making their own battery pack essentially a dongle instead of just having a USB-C adapter for their cable is so Apple it hurts.
crimsontech 3y ago
Looks like a battery pack though, surely you could just buy a few or just have it connected to a power supply.
- DANmode 3y ago
  Battery pack is currently priced in the thousands.

huseyinkeles 3y ago

Focal distance with most of the VR headsets are around 1.5 meters. (Thanks to the optics)

sph 3y ago

There is no scientific consensus, especially long term. But with all things, if it's not what nature designed us for, it's probably not great, if not terrible for us. Then add the developmental result of having a child with this strapped for most of his puberty (you know it's gonna happen), and I am glad I'm too old to get sucked into this fad. I feel alienated by how positive the reception for this thing is.

viraptor 3y ago

No idea about the eyesight, but a personal anecdote about the eyetracking for the cursor/selection: It's an existing assistive technology and a few years ago I tried it for fun for a day. It can get tiring and you really exercise the muscles moving your eyeballs. I suspect it's something that you train / get used to in the end, but it's definitely an unexpected strain on the body. I suspect that's going to become a new thing people experience like the texting thumb RSI.

astrange 3y ago

AR/VR doesn't work the same way as a 2D screen because of the lenses. Your eyes are essentially focusing at infinity. It can lead to completely different problems, mostly in children. Adults instead get terrible motion sickness if you're not very careful.

DANmode 3y ago

Since everyone responding seems to be missing the point: are there electromagnets in this, or anything else that could impact brainwaves, cell behavior etc?

XajniN 3y ago
Just wrap your head with tinfoil before putting it on.