One of them read the statute narrowly, saying it covered only simulations that are "virtually indistinguishable from unretouched photographs of actual children engaging in identical sexual conduct".
While many last-straw moments can be pinned on children engaging in behavior better suited to a playground or backyard, sometimes the aggrieved neighbor's reaction is even worse.
In 1998 and 1999 reports, federal and New Hampshire regulators found unsupervised children engaging in sex or hurting themselves at the Nashua unit.
"For most children engaging in routine physical activity, plain water is best," said Dr Holly Benjamin, a lead author of the report and a doctor at the Comer Children's Hospital, part of the University of Chicago in the US.
Current Healthy and Safety guidelines for the Oculus Rift list a host of possible side effects with warnings ranging from seizures, nausea and dizziness to - for children engaging in prolonged use - trouble with hand-eye coordination.
The teacher, Michael Kelly Reiner, 46, of East Meadow, was arrested after federal agents searched his home on Sept. 12 and found computer images of children engaging in sexual activity, according to a complaint.
