Well with the coming age of the metaverse and VR headsets, just be sure you will be hearing these kinds of news every once in a while. A German gamer has broken their neck while wearing a VR headset After they moved too intensely, The German patient’s doctors claimed that their repetitive movements led to the neck being damaged (That’s what led The bone to be finally cracked)

They did go to the hospital after experiencing piercing pain in their shoulders. Many X rays Later they became aware of their C7 neck vertebrae, which sits near the base of the neck above The shoulders.

Experts from the University of Leipzig Hospital, who treated the gamer believed that this is the world’s first documented VR related “Stress fracture”
VR headsets are almost worth $400 or more Can also weigh a lot. Almost nearly half a kilo or more. After wearing a neck brace for six weeks to support their neck while it healed, they did make a full recovery after 12 weeks. (We’re sure they are aware of the dangers now)

These kinds of VR headsets are becoming very popular among gamers with many millions of them sold in both the US and UK. It is becoming another big part of How the middle verse and the web3 are going to be happening. So people wearing headsets for many hours at a time is not going to be decreasing anytime soon.

Doctors did not reveal exactly when the man was injured, But it seems like this problem with people having issues due to VR is going to be growing with time.