A solid majority of parents expect that virtual reality will help educate children but believe the technology also poses health risks, a new report from Common Sense Media said today. The nonprofit media research group’s Virtual Reality 101 study is cautiously optimistic about the increasingly popular technology, noting that educators and parents are excited about VR’s potential, yet concerned about its “powerful effects.”
Coauthored with Jeremy Bailenson, head of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, the Common Sense report includes both scholarly research and the results of a recent national survey. The survey sampled 12,000 adults, including over 3,600 parents with at least one child under 18 and over 470 with a child between 8 and 17 who uses VR.
