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Re:The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft by xmprt on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @03:22PM (#29086204)
I think it's more a generational thing. If Gen X grew up on arcades and the Atari (guessing), and Millennials on games like Quake or NES games, then Gen Z grew up on Minecraft and Gen Alpha on Roblox.

Until VR technology gets better I probably don't think kids will grow up on it because I can't imagine headsets being safe to use for extended periods of time if you're under 10 years old.

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Re:The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft by vyrotek on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @03:28PM (#29086279)
> I can't imagine headsets being safe to use for extended periods of time if you're under 10 years old.

Oops. Well the only reason my kids play as much Roblox as they do is only because I don't let them play the Quest2 all day. They would if they could. (Especially the 8yo)

RecRoom is a really well done VR Roblox and my kids would live there if they could. I think we'll see a generation of kids with high interest and expectations of VR.

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