Ask HN: How wise would it be to demo VR to an 8 year old?
My son is 8 years old and obsessed with the concept of virtual reality even though he has never experienced it. He is a huge gamer, has developed many fairly complex games in Scratch and built impressive structures in Minecraft. He knows I have a quest 2 and a day doesn't pass that he doesn't beg me to allow him just a few minutes to experience it. And of course I would love to.
However most organizations recommend not allowing children under 12 access to VR and I generally agree with this. Its getting harder to say no though as he has a few friends that are allowed access to their parents VR headsets, albeit for very limited periods.
I'm wondering what the wise course of action would be and if there are any risks for an 8 year old to play VR once off for 30 mins. I'm hoping this would satisfy his curiosity to the point that he can go back to enjoying his non-VR games until he is 12+ and mitigates the risk of him with becoming totally obsessed with the concept and doing it without supervision behind my back at his friends houses.
Is anyone else in a similar position? What have you done?
However most organizations recommend not allowing children under 12 access to VR and I generally agree with this. Its getting harder to say no though as he has a few friends that are allowed access to their parents VR headsets, albeit for very limited periods.
I'm wondering what the wise course of action would be and if there are any risks for an 8 year old to play VR once off for 30 mins. I'm hoping this would satisfy his curiosity to the point that he can go back to enjoying his non-VR games until he is 12+ and mitigates the risk of him with becoming totally obsessed with the concept and doing it without supervision behind my back at his friends houses.
Is anyone else in a similar position? What have you done?