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I was under the impression VR is really bad for kids eyes.
by beart 2y ago
I 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.
- dbtc 2y agoNot to equate them, but as a counterpoint, that's not how it worked out with cigarettes.
- blackoil 2y agoIt is known pretty early on Cigarettes are harmful, we just ignored it because.
- Tepix 2y agoThat's why Meta tells users not to let children below 10 years use their headsets. And those between 10 and 12 should not use it for more than 2 hours per day.
- wslh 2y agoI've had the same concerns about mobile phones, tablets, and computer screens. In fact, mobile phones and tablets seem to have an even greater addiction factor, and their smaller screens could be more harmful due to prolonged close-up use [1]. [1] "Ocular and visual discomfort associated with smartphones, tablets and computers: what we do and do not know" (2019) https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=14343924602923438551&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=14343924602923438...