Samsung shares horrifying laundry list of potential Gear VR risks

  • 8 December 2014
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Users should take breaks every 30 minutes "even if you do not think you need it."

by Kyle Orland - Dec 8 2014
 
The risk of nausea or motion sickness has been a persistent worry for hardware makers and software makers alike as the next wave of virtual reality devices moves from developer testing toward consumer release. With today's launch of the Gear VR Innovator Edition (which straddles the line between early adopter consumer device and development kit), Samsung is going to great lengths to warn purchasers about the potential ill-effects of using its new virtual reality solution.
 
Before purchasing the Innovator Edition from Samsung's website, users have to certify they've read a nearly 1,000-word set of "Gear VR Product Use Warnings" that goes well past the usual legal EULA boilerplate for modern technology. Users should take a break of at least 10 to 15 minutes after every half-hour of use, Samsung warns, "even if you do not think you need it." In addition, children under the age of 13 shouldn't use the unit at all, and older children should be monitored by adults and play only for limited amounts of time to avoid adverse symptoms.
 
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Wow, they really don't want to get sued 🙂  Reminds me of this old ad that showed the dangers of VR technology:
 
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Commercial from 1997?  You are showing your age Nic 🙂
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Yeah, I was just out of college when that ad was on 🙂
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The amazing thing Nic is that as David says it is from the late 70's BUT you were able to instantly find it within just a few minutes of me posting it, no doubt you had it bookmarked for just such an occasion 😉
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It just happened to be one of my favorite ads of all time, and I'd previously looked it up on Youtube so I remembered what words to use in my search 🙂

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