Many retirement developments serve as a tranquil refuge for older people who can no longer travel to faraway places or engage in bold adventures.
  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Every time I see some story about VR, I wonder about those goggles having the unfixable battery in them that is going to fail in about 18-24 months (mentioned prominently in Buy Now documentary).

    Are older people going to have to buy a new set every 2 years?

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    I think it’s a great idea. I also think that everything sold nowadays has some sort of hidden agenda attached to it so I’ve become suspicious as hell.

  • Landless2029@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Honestly VR would be a great way for elderly to travel and socialize.

    Retirement homes and church are known places where people “drop off” their family as they age in part due to getting them into social circles.

    I have an aging Dad and we’re starting to feel uncomfortable with him going out alone. He also doesn’t want to retire because he’d be lonely at home while everyone is out at work.

    I wonder if VR elderly care was normalized (and free of scammers) it would be a nice dream.

    I don’t trust that shit in any way that it comes out as due to all the enshitification.

    Only use its good for today would be a single player game full of beautiful scenery.

    • Ach@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      If this had come out a decade or two ago, we could have arranged international tournaments where veterans of WW2 played COD at like 90 years old against each other. It could have been an insensitive mess in regard to PTSD, and I’m not going anywhere with this as that just dawned on me while writing this, haha.

      • Landless2029@lemmy.world
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        16 hours ago

        It probably started off as an interesting way to relive the past and then you realized the terrible idea of making people relive a brutal war.

    • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 days ago

      This is one of those rare occasions where Facebook might have got it right. Do you remember those Facebook cameras that connect to a TV? Imagine one of those in a handful of retirement homes, all set up to connect to each other automatically.

      You could have groups of five, so the ‘home’ setup and four others in split screen, always connected in a common room. Anyone could speak to another person in the group of homes just by going to the screen, ideally set up with some comfortable seats and coffee tables :)