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Nick Clegg (public affairs guy at FB) is currently lobbying to get VR headsets on schoolchildren. I can't think of anything I want less than my kids wearing tho
by sharkweek 2y ago
Nick Clegg (public affairs guy at FB) is currently lobbying to get VR headsets on schoolchildren. I can't think of anything I want less than my kids wearing those things while in class all day.
https://nickclegg.medium.com/how-the-metaverse-can-transform-education-20ed9d355b5f https://nickclegg.medium.com/how-the-metaverse-can-transform...
- tremarley 2y agoNick Clegg, the former Prime Minister of the UK?
- marcolussetti 2y agoFormer Deputy Prime Minister of the UK, but yes, that's the one.
- stevage 2y agoYes, that guy. Was he actually pm? Or just opposition leader? Either way, him.
- andy81 2y agoAssistant PM. He gave the largest party a majority in exchange for a referendum on first-past-the-post.
- n4r9 2y agoIMO this was one of the worst political catastrophes in 21st Century UK politics. Young, educated people formed a core part of their voter base at the time. This demographic felt betrayed by the Lib Dems propping up a Conservative government and a tripling of university tuition fees, increase in VAT, and introduction of austerity. Clegg also failed to lead an effective campaign in the "Alternative Vote" referendum, resulting in an overwhelming defeat and decades-long setback for voting reform. (N.B. there are interesting parallels between this and the Brexit referendum. In both cases, the opposition was allowed to spin it as personality politics.) A pretty good article about it here: https://academic.oup.com/pa/article/68/suppl_1/70/1403259 https://academic.oup.com/pa/article/68/suppl_1/70/1403259 Only now has the Lib Dem vote share recovered, largely due to an implosion in the Conservative party and a relatively regressive Labour electoral campaign.
- zmmmmm 2y agoheh ... i'm frustrated that the schools my kids are going to aren't embracing this tech. the applications in education are absolutely mind blowing.
- beart 2y agoI was under the impression VR is really bad for kids eyes.
- zmmmmm 2y agoIf you put kids in them 8 hours a day, it would be a concern (although I don't think there is substantive evidence either way yet). I think there's a safe middle ground where using something like this for up to couple of hours in a day at most is very unlikely to have any significant effect. It's just not enough fraction of the time to cause a major impact, especially older kids (teens).
- beart 2y agoI don't know, that seems like a lot of assumptions about an unproven technology.
- zmmmmm 2y agowe are already several years into millions of kids using VR headsets. I would say it may not be "proven" but it's also well beyond completely "unproven" in that if there were major effects we would definitely be seeing them organically by now.
- mvuksano 2y agoThis guy publishes an article or two every year. Probably part of his PSC at Meta :D
- baby 2y agoI wouldn't worry, it's just too expensive, only the rich kids will have these things
- antoniuschan99 2y agoThey just announced Quest 3s and it’s $299 :$
- baby 2y agoMost schools can't afford this
- hinkley 2y agoVR headsets are barely adult sized! Putting them on little necks is barbaric.