The metaverse can be hazardous, as a 31-year old German found out.
The gamer was wearing a virtual reality headset, and after repeatedly moving his head too “Intensely,” he suffered a broken neck.
X-rays showed he suffered a fractured C7 neck vertebrae. Doctors in Germany claim it’s the first-ever documented VR-related “stress fracture.”
As for comps for this type of injury, medical experts say it resembles injuries suffered by runners and soldiers.
It’s unclear what brand of VR headset he was wearing, but he’s looking at six weeks in a neck brace and a recovery that will take three months or more.
This type of injury resembles what’s called a “clay shoveler’s fracture,” according to an orthopedics specialist Hamed Dr. David Bauer. He told the New York Post the fracture is named after injuries suffered by clay miners in Austral in the 1940s.
Volleyball players and horse riders have also suffered similar injuries.
Hospitals in the metaverse. They might be needed as much as they are in the real world.
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