I agree with Kolreth and bo3b here. Whatever radio waves or radiation we get from our 3D equipment, we get [i]massively[/i] more from our natural environment.
I agree with Kolreth and bo3b here. Whatever radio waves or radiation we get from our 3D equipment, we get massively more from our natural environment.
[quote="sonykay"]i played over 3000 hours one thing that 3D definately does is spoil your eyes and brain for 3d content viewed without glasses
the poster before me said its like the eyes try to focus on distances that arent there
it almost hurts a little but this is reversible after a while of not using glasses it returns to normal
another thing for me is that the glasses are very heavy and cut into my nose after while because they dont fit right and concentrate all the weight on one point on the skin
another sideffect is i find it hard to not use lightboost to reduce motion blur even in 2D
lightboost for motion blur reduction helps eye strain because the eyes dont have to try so hard to focus when there is a lot of movement[/quote]
You know what's crazy about the pressure point on the nose? I find it's a zillion times better without that stupid rubber guard in. Just having the plastic raw on the nose. For the longest time, the rubber nose guard would constantly fall out and I'd have to try and snap it back onto the little nubs before gaming. Then I just got annoyed one day and slapped them on without any nose guard. Just the plastic on my nose. And maybe because it's bigger this way, it made a huge difference for me.
Maybe it's not common for that rubber nose section to ever come loose on the glasses. So the above is confusing. But I'm glad mine was such an issue, because it showed me the light.
EDIT: Fair warning! Once it loosens for the first time, it's forever an issue. So if it's not an issue, pulling that rubber off will probably forever make it one. So if you don't like the plastic directly on your nose, you'll probably regret pulling it off.
sonykay said:i played over 3000 hours one thing that 3D definately does is spoil your eyes and brain for 3d content viewed without glasses
the poster before me said its like the eyes try to focus on distances that arent there
it almost hurts a little but this is reversible after a while of not using glasses it returns to normal
another thing for me is that the glasses are very heavy and cut into my nose after while because they dont fit right and concentrate all the weight on one point on the skin
another sideffect is i find it hard to not use lightboost to reduce motion blur even in 2D
lightboost for motion blur reduction helps eye strain because the eyes dont have to try so hard to focus when there is a lot of movement
You know what's crazy about the pressure point on the nose? I find it's a zillion times better without that stupid rubber guard in. Just having the plastic raw on the nose. For the longest time, the rubber nose guard would constantly fall out and I'd have to try and snap it back onto the little nubs before gaming. Then I just got annoyed one day and slapped them on without any nose guard. Just the plastic on my nose. And maybe because it's bigger this way, it made a huge difference for me.
Maybe it's not common for that rubber nose section to ever come loose on the glasses. So the above is confusing. But I'm glad mine was such an issue, because it showed me the light.
EDIT: Fair warning! Once it loosens for the first time, it's forever an issue. So if it's not an issue, pulling that rubber off will probably forever make it one. So if you don't like the plastic directly on your nose, you'll probably regret pulling it off.
The bridge of my nose is fairly large and bony, and the hardness of the glasses get uncomfortable sometimes. But I solved the problem by taking a self-adhesive felt circle (originally intended for putting underneath furniture to prevent floor scuffing), cutting it in half, and sticking each half onto the nose part of the glasses. Not a sexy solution by any means, but it did the trick.
The bridge of my nose is fairly large and bony, and the hardness of the glasses get uncomfortable sometimes. But I solved the problem by taking a self-adhesive felt circle (originally intended for putting underneath furniture to prevent floor scuffing), cutting it in half, and sticking each half onto the nose part of the glasses. Not a sexy solution by any means, but it did the trick.
[quote="b4thman"]
Anyway the intention of this post is not only to write about what I asked before, but to create a discusion about heath using Nvidia 3D Vision. Of course health also implies eyestrain, headaches, etc.
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Eyestrain and headaches will also occur when you're outside and look into the distance/nearby a lot.
In fact, 3D Vision is most likely GOOD for your eyes, especially those of children. Simply because your eyes keep having to adjust to the depth, your muscles will keep getting trained.
I wear glasses for (among other things) a prismatic correction where my eyes don't normally align properly (if you look at my eyes, they look normal to you, but my sight does not to me).
My glasses-seller-person told me that I could choose between these glasses or do a lot of training where I moved a string from my nose outward and back inward again, following it with my eyes.
Had I used 3D vision in the past I probably would've had better muscles than I have now (having stared into the same 2D space for so long).
So, besides the "too much of anything is bad" argument, I see no reason to find 3D Vision worse for your eyes than 2D vision. On the contrary even.
b4thman said:
Anyway the intention of this post is not only to write about what I asked before, but to create a discusion about heath using Nvidia 3D Vision. Of course health also implies eyestrain, headaches, etc.
Eyestrain and headaches will also occur when you're outside and look into the distance/nearby a lot.
In fact, 3D Vision is most likely GOOD for your eyes, especially those of children. Simply because your eyes keep having to adjust to the depth, your muscles will keep getting trained.
I wear glasses for (among other things) a prismatic correction where my eyes don't normally align properly (if you look at my eyes, they look normal to you, but my sight does not to me).
My glasses-seller-person told me that I could choose between these glasses or do a lot of training where I moved a string from my nose outward and back inward again, following it with my eyes.
Had I used 3D vision in the past I probably would've had better muscles than I have now (having stared into the same 2D space for so long).
So, besides the "too much of anything is bad" argument, I see no reason to find 3D Vision worse for your eyes than 2D vision. On the contrary even.
3D IS NOT *GOOD* FOR CHILDREN'S EYES!
Staring at a screen is never good for children. S3D is an illusion of depth, a good illusion but just an illusion. As far as your eyes are concerned you are still focusing on the screen. You retinas are fixed to screen depth.
3D is as bad for children as 2D is. If they are focusing on near objects they should periodically focus on distant ones - real life distant ones.
Staring at a screen is never good for children. S3D is an illusion of depth, a good illusion but just an illusion. As far as your eyes are concerned you are still focusing on the screen. You retinas are fixed to screen depth.
3D is as bad for children as 2D is. If they are focusing on near objects they should periodically focus on distant ones - real life distant ones.
Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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[quote="andysonofbob"]3D IS NOT *GOOD* FOR CHILDREN'S EYES!
Staring at a screen is never good for children. S3D is an illusion of depth, a good illusion but just an illusion. As far as your eyes are concerned you are still focusing on the screen. You retinas are fixed to screen depth.
3D is as bad for children as 2D is. If they are focusing on near objects they should periodically focus on distant ones - real life distant ones.[/quote]
If you re-read my post you will see that I mentioned the muscles that coordinate the movement of the eyes, not the focusing.
While watching a 2D screen both the movement and focusing part of your eyes gets left out. With 3D it's only the focusing part.
That is what I meant with 3D being better than 2D in theory. Or at least, less worse. Most certainly it is not "as bad as 2D is".
Though, yeah, if you want your kid to be sure to not get problems from displays, don't give em PC's, TV's, Tablets, and Smartphones, newspapers, books, walls, anything that removes them from constant depth perception differences.
andysonofbob said:3D IS NOT *GOOD* FOR CHILDREN'S EYES!
Staring at a screen is never good for children. S3D is an illusion of depth, a good illusion but just an illusion. As far as your eyes are concerned you are still focusing on the screen. You retinas are fixed to screen depth.
3D is as bad for children as 2D is. If they are focusing on near objects they should periodically focus on distant ones - real life distant ones.
If you re-read my post you will see that I mentioned the muscles that coordinate the movement of the eyes, not the focusing.
While watching a 2D screen both the movement and focusing part of your eyes gets left out. With 3D it's only the focusing part.
That is what I meant with 3D being better than 2D in theory. Or at least, less worse. Most certainly it is not "as bad as 2D is".
Though, yeah, if you want your kid to be sure to not get problems from displays, don't give em PC's, TV's, Tablets, and Smartphones, newspapers, books, walls, anything that removes them from constant depth perception differences.
[quote="Jognt"]That is what I meant with 3D being better than 2D in theory. Or at least, less worse[/quote]
^ this
But we have here one obvious negative side - flickering.
Anyway, many people that meet 3D gaming for the first time (include myself) may feel some sick after some time playing. But this is not effect of 3D Vision itself - you can feel the same using any kind of stereoscope images, including pictures on paper. This effect dissapears in time
Jognt said:That is what I meant with 3D being better than 2D in theory. Or at least, less worse
^ this
But we have here one obvious negative side - flickering.
Anyway, many people that meet 3D gaming for the first time (include myself) may feel some sick after some time playing. But this is not effect of 3D Vision itself - you can feel the same using any kind of stereoscope images, including pictures on paper. This effect dissapears in time
Soz, I went all paternal.
I agree with you, with regard to screen watching, 3D is probably the LEAST WORST option as opposed to being "most likely GOOD for your eyes, especially those of children". I definitely believe 3D is shockingly bad for children's eyes.
With respect, I do think you're throwing up false arguments when you are comparing like for like. Hard chewy sweets are not *really* better for you than soft chewy sweets, just because you are exercising your jaw more when you eat them.
That said, I love 3D gaming. My vision has benefited from going 3D from 2D. I went from needing to wear glasses when driving to not, each eye can now *just about* read license plates from the required distance.
But then I recently went whale watching where I had to look at distant objects for an afternoon. My vision was VASTLY improved. Sure this may well have been a placebo effect but it was noticeable and I was quite excited about how sharp my vision was.
At the end of the day 3D is most certainly NOT good for your eyes in any way, shape or form.
It is great for gaming though! :P
I agree with you, with regard to screen watching, 3D is probably the LEAST WORST option as opposed to being "most likely GOOD for your eyes, especially those of children". I definitely believe 3D is shockingly bad for children's eyes.
With respect, I do think you're throwing up false arguments when you are comparing like for like. Hard chewy sweets are not *really* better for you than soft chewy sweets, just because you are exercising your jaw more when you eat them.
That said, I love 3D gaming. My vision has benefited from going 3D from 2D. I went from needing to wear glasses when driving to not, each eye can now *just about* read license plates from the required distance.
But then I recently went whale watching where I had to look at distant objects for an afternoon. My vision was VASTLY improved. Sure this may well have been a placebo effect but it was noticeable and I was quite excited about how sharp my vision was.
At the end of the day 3D is most certainly NOT good for your eyes in any way, shape or form.
It is great for gaming though! :P
Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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[quote="andysonofbob"]At the end of the day [broken] 3D is most certainly NOT good for your eyes in any way, shape or form.[/quote]... fixed that for you. :)
Is there any hard evidence that stereoscopic 3D is bad for children?
I know there are often warnings, but as far as I know that's only due to a lack of information either way, and companies have to cover their butts. For example, Nintendo and the 3DS. In fact optometrists view it as a good chance to identify stereoscopic vision issues in children, when they can still be corrected:
[url]http://www.slashgear.com/nintendo-3ds-approved-by-optometrists-for-kids-under-six-18140869/[/url]
Though "ophthalmologists" "don't quite agree." Not the most recent article either.
My guess is that it's good to encourage flexibility, and therefore stereoscopic 3D wouldn't be a bad exercise for children. It would be bad if they spent all day playing a 3D game, but can toddlers even hold interest in something more than 30 mins or so?
Is there any hard evidence that stereoscopic 3D is bad for children?
I know there are often warnings, but as far as I know that's only due to a lack of information either way, and companies have to cover their butts. For example, Nintendo and the 3DS. In fact optometrists view it as a good chance to identify stereoscopic vision issues in children, when they can still be corrected:
Though "ophthalmologists" "don't quite agree." Not the most recent article either.
My guess is that it's good to encourage flexibility, and therefore stereoscopic 3D wouldn't be a bad exercise for children. It would be bad if they spent all day playing a 3D game, but can toddlers even hold interest in something more than 30 mins or so?
I love my 3ds XL but 'depth-wise' it's nowhere near 3D Vision, or even 3D movies. It has about 1/4" of separation, so I wouldn't worry too much about a kid using it ... I'd worry more about how easily 3D 'breaks' when using it and turning the kid completely off to 3D more than his eyes. :)
The same with 3D movies, they're not too extreme either ... maybe about an inch or so of separation on my 65" DLP, still well within their IPD, but most of us are pushing our 3D Vision setup to at least our IPDs ... that's where I'd start to worry, where things might become uncomfortable for them to focus on.
The only issue I might worry about is long term exposure at an early age, let's face it's not exactly natural for us to be 'fixing' our eyes on one plane and focusing on another ... although this might be the same exact thing that happens when using corrective lenses. Over time it 'tricks' our brains a bit, many of us know all too well when trying to play a '3D' game in 2D and we're looking for 'depth' ... I do wonder if it could also have the opposite effect when viewing the real world ... almost making your eyes lazy, like they want to only focus on that single plane they're so used to ...
I love my 3ds XL but 'depth-wise' it's nowhere near 3D Vision, or even 3D movies. It has about 1/4" of separation, so I wouldn't worry too much about a kid using it ... I'd worry more about how easily 3D 'breaks' when using it and turning the kid completely off to 3D more than his eyes. :)
The same with 3D movies, they're not too extreme either ... maybe about an inch or so of separation on my 65" DLP, still well within their IPD, but most of us are pushing our 3D Vision setup to at least our IPDs ... that's where I'd start to worry, where things might become uncomfortable for them to focus on.
The only issue I might worry about is long term exposure at an early age, let's face it's not exactly natural for us to be 'fixing' our eyes on one plane and focusing on another ... although this might be the same exact thing that happens when using corrective lenses. Over time it 'tricks' our brains a bit, many of us know all too well when trying to play a '3D' game in 2D and we're looking for 'depth' ... I do wonder if it could also have the opposite effect when viewing the real world ... almost making your eyes lazy, like they want to only focus on that single plane they're so used to ...
Free Radicals are killing me :)
Seriously, I'd be more concerned about the ongoing game of Tower Defense that my body is playing non-stop.
Stock up on antioxidants IMHO.
Eat healthy, live long.
Provided that any number of micro organisms do not go God Mode on you.
I actually talked to an optician about 3D (I didn't just walk in and ask, I just was wondering during an eye exam), they said that 3D itself can't do anything to damage your eyes, but it can reveal pre-existing problems with your eyes if you can't view it properly.
I actually talked to an optician about 3D (I didn't just walk in and ask, I just was wondering during an eye exam), they said that 3D itself can't do anything to damage your eyes, but it can reveal pre-existing problems with your eyes if you can't view it properly.
Very interesting topic and I like to refer to possible problems you might get with your eyes. The first time I used 3D I had as most people some pain in my eyes after several hours of regular playing. Nowadays, I feel like it is actually pretty comfortable to look at a well fixed 3D game. But, and this is were I get confused myself, since two years playing 3D vision my eyes got worse. The reason for this degradation is actually not sure as I am wearing glasses since over 15 years and my eyes got worse every year since then. The question is though, did 3D vision gaming make it even worse? I honestly don't know as I also read a lot at this time and worked even more at a normal office screen most of the day... so, actually there can be a multitude of reasons for bad eyes and it is for me personnally not possible to say which part 3D vision with its flickering glasses play. Conclusion: I won t stop 3D vision, but I will need nevertheless new better glasses and hope without knowing that 3D is not more unhealty than normal reading, watching screens.
Very interesting topic and I like to refer to possible problems you might get with your eyes. The first time I used 3D I had as most people some pain in my eyes after several hours of regular playing. Nowadays, I feel like it is actually pretty comfortable to look at a well fixed 3D game. But, and this is were I get confused myself, since two years playing 3D vision my eyes got worse. The reason for this degradation is actually not sure as I am wearing glasses since over 15 years and my eyes got worse every year since then. The question is though, did 3D vision gaming make it even worse? I honestly don't know as I also read a lot at this time and worked even more at a normal office screen most of the day... so, actually there can be a multitude of reasons for bad eyes and it is for me personnally not possible to say which part 3D vision with its flickering glasses play. Conclusion: I won t stop 3D vision, but I will need nevertheless new better glasses and hope without knowing that 3D is not more unhealty than normal reading, watching screens.
My own 2 cents...
I'm 36 years old, started gaming age 6 on a black and white fuzzy TV on an Acorn Electron. I played on it almost to death and for better or worse my parents were happy enough to let me.
8 years later I got a colour TV and an Atari ST, and played that every spare moment I had. Since age 16 I've been sat in front of a PC monitor constantly either at College, work or at home, and round my friends houses.
For the last 2 years I've been 3D gaming almost every day for at least 3 hours, sometimes up to 18 hours straight. I don't wear glasses, I'm quite sure I don't require them, but I never had an eye test. I don't get headaches, nothing ever looks blurry, I don't have a problem reading the number on the bus at the bottom of the street, licence plates or road signs, and I can read up-close fine.
I don't believe screens necessarily cause development issues with children, and in my own case I appear to be highly resilient to 3D eye strain. Within 2 days of receiving my first 3D Vision setup I was comfortably able to play for 8 hours straight with only a very minor headache using decent depth and convergence settings.
I can see how 3D might effect young children or at least give them eye strain, however I would not be surprised if the focusing on 3D strengthened the muscles in our eyes and helped improve vision in the long-term.
I'm 36 years old, started gaming age 6 on a black and white fuzzy TV on an Acorn Electron. I played on it almost to death and for better or worse my parents were happy enough to let me.
8 years later I got a colour TV and an Atari ST, and played that every spare moment I had. Since age 16 I've been sat in front of a PC monitor constantly either at College, work or at home, and round my friends houses.
For the last 2 years I've been 3D gaming almost every day for at least 3 hours, sometimes up to 18 hours straight. I don't wear glasses, I'm quite sure I don't require them, but I never had an eye test. I don't get headaches, nothing ever looks blurry, I don't have a problem reading the number on the bus at the bottom of the street, licence plates or road signs, and I can read up-close fine.
I don't believe screens necessarily cause development issues with children, and in my own case I appear to be highly resilient to 3D eye strain. Within 2 days of receiving my first 3D Vision setup I was comfortably able to play for 8 hours straight with only a very minor headache using decent depth and convergence settings.
I can see how 3D might effect young children or at least give them eye strain, however I would not be surprised if the focusing on 3D strengthened the muscles in our eyes and helped improve vision in the long-term.
You know what's crazy about the pressure point on the nose? I find it's a zillion times better without that stupid rubber guard in. Just having the plastic raw on the nose. For the longest time, the rubber nose guard would constantly fall out and I'd have to try and snap it back onto the little nubs before gaming. Then I just got annoyed one day and slapped them on without any nose guard. Just the plastic on my nose. And maybe because it's bigger this way, it made a huge difference for me.
Maybe it's not common for that rubber nose section to ever come loose on the glasses. So the above is confusing. But I'm glad mine was such an issue, because it showed me the light.
EDIT: Fair warning! Once it loosens for the first time, it's forever an issue. So if it's not an issue, pulling that rubber off will probably forever make it one. So if you don't like the plastic directly on your nose, you'll probably regret pulling it off.
Eyestrain and headaches will also occur when you're outside and look into the distance/nearby a lot.
In fact, 3D Vision is most likely GOOD for your eyes, especially those of children. Simply because your eyes keep having to adjust to the depth, your muscles will keep getting trained.
I wear glasses for (among other things) a prismatic correction where my eyes don't normally align properly (if you look at my eyes, they look normal to you, but my sight does not to me).
My glasses-seller-person told me that I could choose between these glasses or do a lot of training where I moved a string from my nose outward and back inward again, following it with my eyes.
Had I used 3D vision in the past I probably would've had better muscles than I have now (having stared into the same 2D space for so long).
So, besides the "too much of anything is bad" argument, I see no reason to find 3D Vision worse for your eyes than 2D vision. On the contrary even.
Staring at a screen is never good for children. S3D is an illusion of depth, a good illusion but just an illusion. As far as your eyes are concerned you are still focusing on the screen. You retinas are fixed to screen depth.
3D is as bad for children as 2D is. If they are focusing on near objects they should periodically focus on distant ones - real life distant ones.
Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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3dsolutionsgaming.com - videos, reviews and 3D fixes
If you re-read my post you will see that I mentioned the muscles that coordinate the movement of the eyes, not the focusing.
While watching a 2D screen both the movement and focusing part of your eyes gets left out. With 3D it's only the focusing part.
That is what I meant with 3D being better than 2D in theory. Or at least, less worse. Most certainly it is not "as bad as 2D is".
Though, yeah, if you want your kid to be sure to not get problems from displays, don't give em PC's, TV's, Tablets, and Smartphones, newspapers, books, walls, anything that removes them from constant depth perception differences.
^ this
But we have here one obvious negative side - flickering.
Anyway, many people that meet 3D gaming for the first time (include myself) may feel some sick after some time playing. But this is not effect of 3D Vision itself - you can feel the same using any kind of stereoscope images, including pictures on paper. This effect dissapears in time
I agree with you, with regard to screen watching, 3D is probably the LEAST WORST option as opposed to being "most likely GOOD for your eyes, especially those of children". I definitely believe 3D is shockingly bad for children's eyes.
With respect, I do think you're throwing up false arguments when you are comparing like for like. Hard chewy sweets are not *really* better for you than soft chewy sweets, just because you are exercising your jaw more when you eat them.
That said, I love 3D gaming. My vision has benefited from going 3D from 2D. I went from needing to wear glasses when driving to not, each eye can now *just about* read license plates from the required distance.
But then I recently went whale watching where I had to look at distant objects for an afternoon. My vision was VASTLY improved. Sure this may well have been a placebo effect but it was noticeable and I was quite excited about how sharp my vision was.
At the end of the day 3D is most certainly NOT good for your eyes in any way, shape or form.
It is great for gaming though! :P
Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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Vitals: Windows 7 64bit, i5 2500 @ 4.4ghz, SLI GTX670, 8GB, Viewsonic VX2268WM
Handy Driver Discussion
Helix Mod - community fixes
Bo3b's Shaderhacker School - How to fix 3D in games
3dsolutionsgaming.com - videos, reviews and 3D fixes
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I know there are often warnings, but as far as I know that's only due to a lack of information either way, and companies have to cover their butts. For example, Nintendo and the 3DS. In fact optometrists view it as a good chance to identify stereoscopic vision issues in children, when they can still be corrected:
http://www.slashgear.com/nintendo-3ds-approved-by-optometrists-for-kids-under-six-18140869/
Though "ophthalmologists" "don't quite agree." Not the most recent article either.
My guess is that it's good to encourage flexibility, and therefore stereoscopic 3D wouldn't be a bad exercise for children. It would be bad if they spent all day playing a 3D game, but can toddlers even hold interest in something more than 30 mins or so?
The same with 3D movies, they're not too extreme either ... maybe about an inch or so of separation on my 65" DLP, still well within their IPD, but most of us are pushing our 3D Vision setup to at least our IPDs ... that's where I'd start to worry, where things might become uncomfortable for them to focus on.
The only issue I might worry about is long term exposure at an early age, let's face it's not exactly natural for us to be 'fixing' our eyes on one plane and focusing on another ... although this might be the same exact thing that happens when using corrective lenses. Over time it 'tricks' our brains a bit, many of us know all too well when trying to play a '3D' game in 2D and we're looking for 'depth' ... I do wonder if it could also have the opposite effect when viewing the real world ... almost making your eyes lazy, like they want to only focus on that single plane they're so used to ...
[MonitorSizeOverride][Global/Base Profile Tweaks][Depth=IPD]
Seriously, I'd be more concerned about the ongoing game of Tower Defense that my body is playing non-stop.
Stock up on antioxidants IMHO.
Eat healthy, live long.
Provided that any number of micro organisms do not go God Mode on you.
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I'm 36 years old, started gaming age 6 on a black and white fuzzy TV on an Acorn Electron. I played on it almost to death and for better or worse my parents were happy enough to let me.
8 years later I got a colour TV and an Atari ST, and played that every spare moment I had. Since age 16 I've been sat in front of a PC monitor constantly either at College, work or at home, and round my friends houses.
For the last 2 years I've been 3D gaming almost every day for at least 3 hours, sometimes up to 18 hours straight. I don't wear glasses, I'm quite sure I don't require them, but I never had an eye test. I don't get headaches, nothing ever looks blurry, I don't have a problem reading the number on the bus at the bottom of the street, licence plates or road signs, and I can read up-close fine.
I don't believe screens necessarily cause development issues with children, and in my own case I appear to be highly resilient to 3D eye strain. Within 2 days of receiving my first 3D Vision setup I was comfortably able to play for 8 hours straight with only a very minor headache using decent depth and convergence settings.
I can see how 3D might effect young children or at least give them eye strain, however I would not be surprised if the focusing on 3D strengthened the muscles in our eyes and helped improve vision in the long-term.
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