{"id":32115,"date":"2016-11-22T06:49:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/virtual-reality-headsets-concern-doctors"},"modified":"2017-06-04T09:12:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T16:12:39","slug":"virtual-reality-headsets-concern-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/virtual-reality-headsets-concern-doctors","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Reality Headsets Concern Doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/virtual-reality-headsets-concern-doctors.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BOSTON (CBS) \u2013 It\u2019s expected to be the hot holiday gift of the season: virtual reality headsets. We know it\u2019s a cool new experience but there\u2019s still a lot we don\u2019t know about the technology, especially when it comes to kids.<\/p>\n<p>The headset completely immerses users in a new 3D virtual world. \u201cI felt like I was actually there.\u201d said one first-time user. \u201cThere\u2019s no age limit to this,\u201d said another virtual reality fan.<\/p>\n<p>But there actually is an age limit. Many of the top selling brands warn against kids using the device. Oculus Rift and Samsung VR Gear say it\u2019s not for kids under 13. Sony PlayStation is recommended for kids 12 and up. And the HTC Vive is less specific, just saying it\u2019s not for young children.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/boston.cbslocal.com\/2016\/11\/14\/virtual-reality-safety-concerns-children\/\">http:\/\/boston.cbslocal.com\/2016\/11\/14\/virtual-reality-safety-concerns-children\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON (CBS) \u2013 It\u2019s expected to be the hot holiday gift of the season: virtual reality headsets. We know it\u2019s a cool new experience but there\u2019s still a lot we don\u2019t know about the technology, especially when it comes to kids. The headset completely immerses users in a new 3D virtual world. \u201cI felt like [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1879],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-virtual-reality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32115"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59705,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32115\/revisions\/59705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}