Virtual Reality by Mobile Phone: Improving Child Pedestrian Safety

Virtual Reality by Mobile Phone: Improving Child Pedestrian Safety

The investigators will conduct a non-inferiority clinical trial to evaluate whether children trained in pedestrian safety amidst a Google Cardboard virtual environment achieve equivalent levels of pedestrian safety to children trained in a full semi-immersive virtual pedestrian environment

Inclusion Criteria:

• children ages 7-8 and their families
• one sibling per family, randomly chosen if multiple siblings are eligible
• children and parent speak English

Exclusion Criteria:

• disabilities that prohibit participants from valid understanding of or participation in the experimental protocol
• families that plan to move more than 50 miles away over the next year
• families unable to commit to frequent visits required in the study protocol