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kitler53 on 06 May 2016

http://www.cpsc.gov//PageFiles/108985/tipover2011.pdf

Of the estimated annual average of 43,400 emergency department-treated injuries (2008–2010) and the 293 reported fatalities occurring between 2000 and 2010, staff noted the following:
Victims Estimated emergency department-treated injuries:
  • 25,300 (58%) involved children, under age 18 years;
  • 15,100 (35%) involved adults, ages 18 through 59 years; and
  • 3,000 (7%) involved seniors, ages 60 years and older.
Reported fatalities:
  • 245 (84%) involved children, victim ages 1 month to 8 years;
  • 13 (4%) involved adults, victimages 31 years to 59 years; and
  • 35 (12%) involved seniors, victimages 61 years to 96 years.

 

 

https://i.imgur.com/umYTJP1.webm



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KLAMarine on 06 May 2016

Killed my hype a while back.



kitler53 on 06 May 2016
KLAMarine said:
Killed my hype a while back.

totally what i was going for..



BlkPaladin on 06 May 2016

On a semi-serious note we are probably going to see a lot of people hurt themselves in the first year or so. But unless someone accidently goes through a window I doubt we will see any deaths besides the ones where they don't getting enough food/water and dying because of being too immersed in what they are doing to pay attention to their body's needs. I do also expect a bad parent or two not paying attention to their infants or children them dying of neglect or seriously hurt after walking in the way of the parent. Expect the worse from people you are usually never let down.



kitler53 on 06 May 2016
BlkPaladin said:

On a semi-serious note we are probably going to see a lot of people hurt themselves in the first year or so. But unless someone accidently goes through a window I doubt we will see any deaths besides the ones where they don't getting enough food/water and dying because of being too immersed in what they are doing to pay attention to their body's needs. I do also expect a bad parent or two not paying attention to their infants or children them dying of neglect or seriously hurt after walking in the way of the parent. Expect the worse from people you are usually never let down.

i think we'll see at least 1 person die in the first year and it will be to a bookcase falling on top of them.

i also expect a lot of children to get punched in the face by their parents.



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LMU Uncle Alfred on 06 May 2016

You will need one big ass safe room.  Safety Dance!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpzXwM2Zhxs



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Mosfet on 06 May 2016

The only thing that can kill you is the lithium battery inside.And these days,lithium batteries are pretty much 100% safe.
Other then that everything else is your own fault.



https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqrZ1zwfB8Ok0PZp44I7ElQ

Luke888 on 06 May 2016

I think there might be quite a few deaths due to VR:
-people's furniture catching fire and the person using VR not realizing it(remember the dude that smoking a cigarette while playing Minecraft burned his whole house ?);
-people getting heart attacks due to intense games;
-people falling while using motion controls and hitting with their head whatever kind of edge because they didn't see it...



Veknoid_Outcast on 06 May 2016

lol, I don't know why but the thread title cracks me up

So, are we talking VR user error? Or some kind of Skynet situation where VR becomes sentient and decides to exterminate the human race?



SvennoJ on 06 May 2016
Veknoid_Outcast said:
lol, I don't know why but the thread title cracks me up

So, are we talking VR user error? Or some kind of Skynet situation where VR becomes sentient and decides to exterminate the human race?

Easy, make a game that requires spinning around a lot, bound to be someone that strangles himself with the cord.

I wonder why there hasn't been a crime show yet with people getting hypnotized via VR and jump of a balcony. It probably will be when csi cyber nonsense comes back. VR hack the mind.