I recently had brain surgery that required a device to be implanted in
my brain. I've made a full recovery, but one of the ongoing stipulations
is to not expose my head to magnetic forces. I loved playing VR games
prior to my surgery and am anxious t...
In any case, I've removed the headphones and will use my gaming headset
during use and I'll be sure to take precautions where the controllers
are concerned. I'm less worried about them as their proximity to my head
would be fleeting in most cases.
So, the device I have is called a NeuroPace. It's for epilepsy. It's
fairly new, about a year of approved general use. It's actually fairly
resilient to a lot of common things like cell phone use and even
magnetic archways (which are said to potentia...
UPDATE-I received an email from Oculus themselves. To paraphrase-"We can
neither confirm nor deny the presence of magnets in the Rift as the
construction of the device is not public information but you may want to
avoid using the controllers or the h...
Thank you. I suspected as much, but it took two years to get this
procedure and it seemed silly to risk it over a video game device. Thank
you for the quick reply, as well. I'm doing very well and recovery was
quick. I'm doing even better now that I ...