Although VR technology can provide users with a valuable experience, it is important to consider aspects such as cost. The technology itself is expensive, but you also have to take into account the cost of repairing broken items, producing VR based content, and many more. Nils Poken from the Auckland War Memorial Museum spoke about some of the challenges reffering to cost, stating;

“VR equipment itself is not cheap. In addition to this, the design and management of VR programmes can be costly. Depending on the size of the project, costs can escalate quickly. There are many factors to consider, from paying for bespoke content design to replacing broken headpieces.” (Poken, 2017)

Another thing to consider is hygiene, as many different people will be wearing the headsets. It is important to maintain cleanliness, and disinfect each headset after each individual use. This is particularly important following the COVID-19 pandemic, where users are now much more health conscious and concerned about the spread of germs.  

It is also common for users to experience motion sickness when using VR headsets as they can be quite disorientating to begin with. Symptoms can be relieved in a few ways, such as using the headsets sat down, using the VR in a cool environment and ensuring the experience doesn’t have any glitchy effects which can confuse the body. 

” VR motion sickness happens when your brain receives conflicting signals about movement in the environment around you, and your body’s relation to it.” (Thompson, 2024)