So, our autistic 7 year old (mostly non-verbal) rarely plays with any particular thing for a long time, but the teachers at school put him in a VR set and he watched water for 45+ minutes.
We're thinking of getting one for his birthday. He hardly wants anything, so it'd be nice to do something special. Any recommendations? Thinking a meta quest 2?
@ZachWeinersmith If you can afford it, and deal with SteamVR, and have a capable computer (which is likely most gaming desktops these days – our RX 580 was sold as VR-capable when it was new and it's quite old now), maybe a Vive/Index or something?
It's nice to not be tied to Facebook and PC VR has some cool stuff.
No Man's Sky is a game but it's also MASSIVE open world with cool aquatic stuff...
ooh I wonder if Abzu has VR support, it's basically a "look at the pretty ocean" simulator.
Subnautica is amazing but might be a little too creepy, but might be fine.
@ZachWeinersmith Doesn't look like Abzu supports VR. :<
NMS and Subnautica both do, though. NMS is rather systems-heavy, which might be confusing... or it might be intriguing! Subnautica is way more ocean-focused and way less complicated, but has the whole Creepy Vibes thing going on.
And sorry I'm only recommending games, I don't know much non-game stuff for this aside from VR-social-spaces which are really cool, but, basically chatrooms and the whole point is to talk with other people.
Zach Weinersmith
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