Quest 3 for Pianovision for 6 and 7 Years Old

beefmaster on 23/11/2023 - 16:04
Last edited 23/11/2023 - 16:11

I am considering getting a Quest 3 for my 6 and 7 years old to help improve their Piano playing. Both have been learning Piano for 1 to 2 years and I am hopping the Pianovision that the internet is raving about can help them improve.

Some consideration and concern.
• It is a lot of money
• Piano first and game second.
• Kids screen time is managed. The routine we have in place is screen time is limited to 1 hour weekday and gaming is only allow on the weekend.
• My kids do not access social media nor will I allow them
• I wear glasses and my eyesight is not as good as it used to be, starting to get presbyopia. Fking aging suck.
• Not sure will my kids meet the IPD range in the Quest 3.
• There is no study on the lasting impact on developing child eyesight.

Among the above, my most concern is IPD and their eyesight.

Any thought and experience is appreciated.

Electrical & Electronics Meta Virtual Reality Headset

Comments

  • scrimshaw on 23/11/2023 - 16:27
    +2

    I tried fitting Oculus Quest2 and the old RiftS on some younger kids age 7-8, I'd say their heads are simply too small for the VR headset. I'd say 13 yr old is more likely.

    Pianovision is a really awesome app though and can make the normally arduous process of learning piano pretty fun.

    If you want it for yourself, there are 3rd party lenses you can purchase online (https://www.meta.com/au/quest/accessories/quest-3-zenni-vr-p… is an example) that will correct your eyesight for VR.

  • captain womble on 23/11/2023 - 18:35
    +2

    " starting to get presbyopia"

    I am heavily short sighted (over neg 7, plus more astig) and use my quest (2, and have used many other headsets) with just the spacer that comes with it and my glasses. I wouldn't bother with inserts. Just make sure your glasses frames are narrow enough to fit inside the inner dimensions (easily looked up)

    Don't use reading glasses, or progressives. The whole idea is that the lenses built in shift you out so it is like you are looking at things in the distance. Reading glasses mess this up - and progressives more so - helping you focus close by sacrificing distance view…. and all the headset provides is "distance" view….
    Progressives and multifocals even more so as they work in the manner of
    - full script at top
    - full script plus a certain amount (makes it easier to focus in midrange) partway down
    - full script plus even more at bottom.
    This is why straight reading glasses are rated by just "plus" numbers .. and what the "add" values mean on your prescriptions.
    You can get your script as "entirely reading glasses" by just performing the "add" to your entire script main values (not to the sphere values or you'll be double compensating there) and ordering glasses that have that adjustment.

    (edit: my qualifications: enthusiastic amateur and vr dev tinkerer, quite switched on in terms of what is and isn't possible, or at least willing to find out. Have half a mechatronic engineering degree and half a physics degree - not the most useful halves though. Worked in IT and incident management - managed services - for 20 years and ran a tech business on side. Used to program hard, mostly walked away from it, taken up - more scripting than coding - again recently)

    • captain womble on 30/11/2023 - 22:03

      Oh and I've had kids as young as 5 play VR with no issues (psvr version 1, quest 2). You do need to adjust the straps down and I'd consider getting a diff sort than the standard (at least q2 standard, try for similar to the psvr1, with the forehead sit pad and the side straps winched in by wheel). Pupillary distance.. hasn't been a huge issue to be honest. If they were to play for long periods I would be more concerned. but for the sake of not excluding them when their siblings try it out I let young kids try - but only for up to 5 mins a time at half an hour apart (just twice) and then ask how it felt. Just don't tell them you might let them have longer if it didn't make their heads go wonky :) (so they are honest)

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