THE VR DIMENSION
Parents, relatives, and friends most of the time try to make the children in our lives as happy as can be when it comes to gifts. This can be for getting good grades, birthdays, or even the holidays. But one gift you should probably wait on for a child under 13 years of age is the Oculus Quest 2. Not because the child could not handle virtual reality gaming (or that very well could be the case, as one needs to grow their VR legs) or even because it is the best thing ever, but because of Facebook’s requirement of having a Facebook account where you have to be 13 years or older. This doesn’t mean you cannot use your own Facebook account. This just means that if the child shares any screenshots or streams live to Facebook, it will just be under your account. Don’t want to share your Facebook account with your child? Well, I wouldn’t just make up an account because if you do and Facebook finds out, you could risk having the account shut down and all purchased games possibly not being playable.
The other flip side to this is that if the child is 13 years or older, there is a social platform that, like any other platform, can be risky. You and whoever else is responsible for the child playing the Oculus Quest 2 should have a good understanding, as well as talk, to make sure everyone is on the same page. But just note, as of right now, unless things change with Facebook, you really need to be over the age of 13 or just make sure any screenshots or gameplay footage is not shared, as those can stay on the device. Then all you have to do is use the cable to treat the Oculus Quest 2 as an Android device and transfer the images and video to your PC.
