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The Mixed Reality Forums here are no longer being used or maintained.
There are a few other places we would like to direct you to for support, both from Microsoft and from the community.
The first way we want to connect with you is our mixed reality developer program, which you can sign up for at https://aka.ms/IWantMR.
For technical questions, please use Stack Overflow, and tag your questions using either hololens or windows-mixed-reality.
If you want to join in discussions, please do so in the HoloDevelopers Slack, which you can join by going to https://aka.ms/holodevelopers, or in our Microsoft Tech Communities forums at https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/mixed-reality/ct-p/MicrosoftMixedReality.
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Has anyone tried hololens with children?
Hello everyone,
We're considering hololens and windows holographic for developing virtual experiences for children.
Microsoft's hololens safety page (https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-us/legal/health-and-safety-information) says:
"An interpupillary distance (an eye measurement of the distance between your two pupils) between 51 and 74 is needed to correctly and comfortably view Holograms with HoloLens. This range accommodates most adults and children age 13 and older. HoloLens is not intended for use by children under age 13".
At the same time I find YouTube videos of 5 years old children enjoying hololens on YouTube and people advertising their holographic learning apps for children on this very forum.
What I'm trying to understand is how much worse the holograms become if seen by someone younger than 13 and, more importantly, why Microsoft says "HoloLens is not intended for use by children under age 13". Is this only because of the required interpupillary distance or is there something else? In other words: is hololens dangerous in any way if used by a supervised child younger than 13?
I hope someone has direct experience with this matter so that he can help us.
We're considering hololens and windows holographic for developing virtual experiences for children.
Microsoft's hololens safety page (https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-us/legal/health-and-safety-information) says:
"An interpupillary distance (an eye measurement of the distance between your two pupils) between 51 and 74 is needed to correctly and comfortably view Holograms with HoloLens. This range accommodates most adults and children age 13 and older. HoloLens is not intended for use by children under age 13".
At the same time I find YouTube videos of 5 years old children enjoying hololens on YouTube and people advertising their holographic learning apps for children on this very forum.
What I'm trying to understand is how much worse the holograms become if seen by someone younger than 13 and, more importantly, why Microsoft says "HoloLens is not intended for use by children under age 13". Is this only because of the required interpupillary distance or is there something else? In other words: is hololens dangerous in any way if used by a supervised child younger than 13?
I hope someone has direct experience with this matter so that he can help us.
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Hi @fedemeini, I've tested with my nieces and nephews (10) all under the age of 13 without any problems.
I set the IPD to the lowest value available and then would run each kid through the 'Learn Gestures' app.
The gestures would not be properly calibrated for the end user and would be slightly off however I allowed them to demo VR apps ('Land of Dinosaurs' was a great app for them to experience). The gestures being slightly off was not a concern at all.
Some of the older kids, I'd let try out RoboRaid. My only piece of advice is to be careful as the device may not be tightly fit to the child's head and can easily fly off during user engagement if the kid is jumping around all over the place.