Samsung's new app has you strapping VR headsets to your kids in bed - CNET

Samsung thinks that the future of parenting is when both parent and child wear VR headsets in bed for night time stories.

The electronics giant's new app, called Bedtime VR Stories, uses its Gear VR headset to display a virtual story-based world, in which the family will interact with a range of characters, including Robot Jo and Jen the Penguin.

Samsung says the idea is to allow parents to spend time with their children in a virtual world when they're not able to physically be there in person. Or perhaps if they simply don't fancy walking upstairs.

Whether it's a good idea to have your child stare into a bright screen as they're trying to fall asleep remains to be seen if the app becomes available -- it's in a prototype stage right now and Samsung hasn't given a release date.