VR Can Have ‘Powerful Effects’ on Children, Common Sense Says
One in five U.S. parents lives in a home with virtual-reality electronics, though 65 percent say they aren't planning to buy a VR device, children’s nonprofit Common Sense reported. The group canvassed 4,000 parents online in late December and reported…
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62 percent said VR will “provide educational experiences for their children." Eighty-four percent of parents whose children use VR said that. And 60 percent of parents are at least "somewhat concerned" their kids will experience “negative health effects while using VR,” it wrote Wednesday. “Some parents report that kids are already experiencing health issues,” including 13 percent who have bumped into something while using a device, 11 percent who have experienced dizziness, 10 percent who have had headaches and 8 percent who have had eyestrain, it said. “VR is likely to have powerful effects on children because it can provoke a response to virtual experiences similar to a response to actual experiences,” said the group. “Characters in VR may be especially influential on young children, even more so than characters on TV or computers. This can be good or bad depending on the influence.”