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8-year-old boy fell from the window while playing a VR video game

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Re: 8-year-old boy fell from the window while playing a VR video game

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This is a very tragic story, but I just want to point out that the child was not playing a VR game as the article claims.

He was on an iPad. The iPad is not a VR platform. You can't wear it on your face like a headset because it's too big.

The article should be titled, "Child falls from third story window while playing a game on his iPad". VR has nothing to do with it.

Re: 8-year-old boy fell from the window while playing a VR video game

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This is a very tragic story, but I just want to point out that the child was not playing a VR game as the article claims. He was on an iPad. The iPad is not a VR platform. You can't wear it on your face like a headset because it's too big. The article should be titled, "Child falls from third story window while playing a game on his iPad". VR has nothing to do with it.

It could well have been an AR game, though, which is probably too much of a distinction to expect from the media.