Brain Break: Watch This Kid’s Virtual Reality Wipeout

By Kim Lachance Shandrow | Mar 11, 2016
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As if strapping a virtual reality headset to your face isn’t dorky enough, it could have you falling flat on your face, too.

At least that’s what happened to this poor kid. She gave a fancy $799 pair of HTC Vive VR goggles a spin, pawed her way around like a lost mole in the dark, and — whoops-a-daisy — she biffed. Hard.

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Lucky girl, someone posted the footage of her eating it on Imgur. A day later the funny clip made the rounds on Reddit, where a kind soul begged the critical question: “OUCH! Is the Vive okay?!?!” Thanks to the little human cushion, it appears to be. But we’re not so sure about the kid. She got a wicked harsh taste of reality — also known as the floor.

As if strapping a virtual reality headset to your face isn’t dorky enough, it could have you falling flat on your face, too.

At least that’s what happened to this poor kid. She gave a fancy $799 pair of HTC Vive VR goggles a spin, pawed her way around like a lost mole in the dark, and — whoops-a-daisy — she biffed. Hard.

View post on imgur.com

Related: Brain Break: (Literally!) Hero Saves Boy From Flying Bat at Pirates Game

Lucky girl, someone posted the footage of her eating it on Imgur. A day later the funny clip made the rounds on Reddit, where a kind soul begged the critical question: “OUCH! Is the Vive okay?!?!” Thanks to the little human cushion, it appears to be. But we’re not so sure about the kid. She got a wicked harsh taste of reality — also known as the floor.

Kim Lachance Shandrow

Former West Coast Editor
Kim Lachance Shandrow is the former West Coast editor at Entrepreneur.com. Previously, she was a commerce columnist at Los Angeles CityBeat, a news producer at MSNBC and KNBC in Los Angeles and a frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times. She has also written for Government Technology magazine, LA Yoga magazine, the Lowell Sun newspaper,...

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