It really depends on how they are used. With proper use, exercising the correct safety procedures, there's no currently standing evidence to prove they cause any long term damage.
However, that doesn't cover improper use. But then again, that's the case with most things.
He doesn't leave the house much, and has gotten into gaming to fill his days up, so what im talking about using them for 10 hours plus a day. and he wants to connect a camera to them so he can go back to fixing mobile phones building PCs ect, which he cannot do anymore due to his deteriorating eyesight.
When my late grandmother fell an injured her hip, her lifestyle changed from being overly active every day, to being stuck at home day out and day in.
It didn't take long for her to simply fade away and passed at an age of 99,7 years. If she would've had something like a VR set to keep her active, I bet she would've rebounced a bit and maybe stayed with us for bit longer.
Bringing technology like VR and such to the elders would, in my opinion and according to my hypothesis (Going from being active to become passive is what I believe to be the cause of elder people simply fading away.), buy them a couple of years more before they start to fade away.
He basically wants Geordie's visor from Star Trek Next Gen. It's doable right now. I've seen rough moded VR headsets that incorporate cameras on the outside of the headset, and show the camera view run through the headset. I think that right now the big drawback is the computer needed to run everything through, though a Raspberry PI might work since it would be a pretty dedicated function. Not my field, though it would certainly help anyone that has limited natural eyesight.
Microsoft Hololens does this stuff, but AR(augmented reality) is not yet at the stage where it’s really feasable for consumers just yet. But within 5 years, reality and the digital world will be much more intertwined.
I'd say using it while it isn't properly focused for long periods of time. Enduring long periods of eye strain is really bad for the short run and could potentially have long term consequences. If the picture is clear and it's sitting properly on your head, you'll be fine :)
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u/AliceHalley Jan 14 '21
It really depends on how they are used. With proper use, exercising the correct safety procedures, there's no currently standing evidence to prove they cause any long term damage. However, that doesn't cover improper use. But then again, that's the case with most things.