Mingione was luckier than a friend who was wearing a VR headset in a virtual boxing match as his family watched. Injuries are risingAs the number of people using VR headsets rises, so, too, are the number of people injured when the virtual world crashes — literally — into the real one. AdvertisementWhen his son plays a VR game called “Gorilla Tag,” Gottschalk said, he has no idea where the walls or tables or couches are located. When he swings at something in the virtual game, he could easily hit a real object in the room with a lot of force without knowing it was there. Advertisement“The injuries I’ve seen are typically teenage boys using VR headsets while playing games” at home, Gillespie wrote.

Source: Stuff July 24, 2024 17:50 UTC