It's gonna be so massive and so addictive, I predict within ten years there'll be news stories about people dying in VR from malnutrition or heart failure and clinics specialising in VR addicition.
It's gonna be so massive and so addictive, I predict within ten years there'll be news stories about people dying in VR from malnutrition or heart failure and clinics specialising in VR addicition.
http://www.quora.com/Oculus-Rift/Virtual-Reality-Oculus-Rift...
Here's a news story from more than 6 years ago talking about South Korea:
> Last year alone, at least seven people died from deep vein thrombosis, heart failure, or exhaustion while playing online games....
> The Information & Communication Ministry began carrying out an annual survey of game addiction in 2002, and has set up counseling centers in eight cities to help addicts. Game companies such as Seoul-based NCsoft Corp. also spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a year each to help finance some 40 private counseling centers.
http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2006-09-10/online-gaming...