With the rapid development of the times, mobile phones have become something that everyone carries with them when they go out, and it seems that from kindergarten to old age, the elderly will use smart phones. However, while mobile phones bring convenience, they have also become a tool for many teenagers and children to indulge in games.
Every product is a double-edged sword, mobile phones are universal today, parents have to worry about the harm caused by mobile phones. In March 2019, the "Youth Anti-Addiction System", led by the State Internet Information Office and piloted online on major short video platforms and live broadcast platforms, will regulate minors' online behavior in terms of time of use, duration, function and browsing content.
The introduction of the teen mode has undoubtedly reassured parents, and now many APPS will appear when they open to select the teen mode, and all the content pushed after the selection will be suitable for their viewing content. According to a survey by relevant departments, only 53% of minors have used the short video platform youth mode. During the two sessions, CPPCC National Committee members are still proposing to improve the youth model of short video platforms.
In the future, the teen model will continue to be improved, but how to have a healthier experience for VR teenagers has become a new problem. VR and mobile phones are not connected, VR content can only be viewed by headset users, and parents cannot supervise in time. At the same time, it has also become one of the reasons why parents are reluctant to let teenagers use VR, for VR teenager users, how manufacturers should reassure parents.
VR content is currently based on games and movies, but not all games and movies are suitable for teenagers, and VR horror games are still admired by many players, and teenagers are likely to follow the trend and cause discomfort. It may only be a matter of time before VR fully introduces teen mode, but the introduction of teen mode is a must.
At present, the domestic enterprise Pico issued the "Notice announcement on supplementing Pico pass accounts and real-name identity information authentication" in January and said that Pico users who have not carried out real-name identity information authentication will gradually suspend the use of some product functions.
Moreover, users who are minors after certification can only use Pico VR all-in-ones from 20:00 to 21:00 every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and statutory holidays.
According to the announcement released by Pico, Pico strictly implemented the anti-addiction regulations, but the Pico app store is not only a game, but also a movie-watching and other applications, and it is indeed inappropriate to use the headset only at the specified time, but in the face of the country's regulations, this practice is also a helpless move.
Recently, HTC introduced parental controls for VR headsets through Vive Guardian.
Allow legal guardians to create usage profiles and determine which VR applications can be accessed. Vive Guardian also allows parents to use their smartphones to check what children see and do under VR glasses. In addition, they can use a smartphone app to stream selected content into supported VR glasses.
However, the feature currently only supports three Vive devices: Vive Focus, Vive Focus Plus, and Vive Flow.
These three devices are actually not as large as the vive pro and other equipment shipments, so the impact of the Vive Guardian will not be too large. Speaking about the use of VR children, Shen Ye, head of hardware products at HTC, told CNET, "We know it's inevitable, but we still want to make sure there are limits." ”
Teen mode/parental control will definitely become a feature that VR headsets need to have in the future, but at present, VR headsets are not fully popular, and many people have not noticed this feature. In addition, most of the VR users are now adults, so teen users are not taken too seriously.
Meta is a globally renowned VR hardware manufacturer, but in addition to stating that children under 13 years of age are not suitable for use, it seems unwilling to admit that it has problems with children's use.
Parents can use lockdown mode to protect access to Meta Quest 2 and stream content to a second device for control to see their child's activities in VR.
But the Meta Quest headset is not designed for children, and Zuckerberg made it clear in an interview that there will be no VR features tailored to children for the foreseeable future. So whether children can use quest headsets healthily in the future is a huge question.
Teen Mode/Parental Control is a very important feature that is of constant concern to international, national, school, family, etc. for child health. The path to VR headset adoption requires constant improvement, but teen mode/parental control is essential.
As mentioned earlier, "every product is a double-edged sword", in fact, in the field of science and technology, this sentence is more practical, and technology brings convenience at the same time, but also brings harm that cannot be ignored. While vr headsets bring an immersive experience, they can also have visual impacts and so on.
Sina VR expects more users to pay attention to the healthy use of VR by adolescents and children, and calls on VR manufacturers to increase teen mode/parental control and implement a real-name anti-addiction system for VR games.