[jsheard]

As far as your eyes are concerned the screen isn't actually that close, the optics in VR headsets are arranged such that the perceived focal distance is always about 2 meters away. That can have the odd effect of "fixing" nearsightedness in VR because no matter how far away something is in virtual space, your eyes only have to focus at ~2m.

[entropicdrifter]

To be fair, though, staring at a screen for 8+ hours a day can give you digital eyestrain and nearsightedness even if it's 2m away the whole time.

[jsheard]

True. I think there have been attempts to make headsets with dynamic focal distance, but to date none of them have been commercialized even at the high end.

[hnuser123456]

Yes, just prototypes: https://www.uploadvr.com/meta-butterscotch-varifocal-prototy...