I would have killed for one of these when I was a kid.
But I wonder what health effects, if any, these devices will have? It sounds like the manufacturers will imply beneficial effects, much like they do with the Brain Age games -- despite little evidence for either. We really have no idea what long-term effects these devices will have, especially for children.
I'd like to hear an opinion from a developmental psychologist about what something like this could do to infants. Basic physical intuition -- things fall when you drop them, things persist when they leave your line of sight, etc. -- is learned, not innate. I can imagine a kid getting really screwed up if "things move when I imagine them moving" got integrated into his world model during this period.
Then again, perhaps the day will come where this stuff is so ubiquitous that you need to absorb it during the critical period in order to get by :-)
But I wonder what health effects, if any, these devices will have? It sounds like the manufacturers will imply beneficial effects, much like they do with the Brain Age games -- despite little evidence for either. We really have no idea what long-term effects these devices will have, especially for children.