ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Virtual Real.
Sec. Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frvir.2025.1547198
Effects of Virtual Reality Use in Children 10-12-Years-Old
Provisionally accepted
- Exponent (United States), Menlo Park, United States
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Virtual Reality (VR) technologies allow children to experience a multitude of environments and interactions; however, little is known regarding the extent to which moderate and sustained VR use impacts aspects of children's physical and cognitive functioning. In the present research, we examine the extent to which 60-minute VR play sessions over the course of four days impact 10-to 12-yearolds' visual functioning (e.g., acuity, stereoacuity), visuomotor coordination (e.g., hand-eye coordination), postural stability, inhibitory control, and subjective visual and musculoskeletal discomfort (e.g., symptoms of visually-induced motion sickness). Measures of visual, physical, and cognitive functioning were administered before any VR use (day 1), after four days of daily VR use (day 4), and after a break from VR use (day 5). Results from this five-day study demonstrate that moderate and daily VR usage did not negatively affect children's visual, physical, and cognitive functioning. Overall, the present study provides novel insights into the growing body of evidence regarding the health and safety considerations surrounding VR use by children.
Keywords: Children1, health2, Safety3, visual functioning4, inhibitory control5, postural balance6, depth perception7, virtual reality8
Received: 17 Dec 2024; Accepted: 08 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Silva, Breeland, Clark, Oztekin and Kelly. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Karol Silva, Exponent (United States), Menlo Park, United States
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