3D Displays May Be Hazardous to Young Children
Could this be a problem with the 3DS?
3D is all the rage right now, with cinemas and home theatre equipment both beefing up with glasses-mandatory viewing. Even gaming on-the-go is heading that way too with Nintendo's upcoming 3DS handheld.
While 3D gives us a neat effect while watching Toy Story 3, taking the kids to see that one over and over again, and eventually when it's on Blu-ray Disc, isn't a good idea at all.
According researchers who have been examining 3D video for years, the exposing children under the age of seven could affect their vision in a bad way. You see, our 3D human vision relies on our two eyes sending an image to our brains, which then makes stereoscopic sense out of it. This gives us depth perception – something that our brains only fully develop by the time we hit six years old.
Some of us aren't able to fully develop stereoscopic vision due to malaise in children called strabismus, sometimes known as lazy eye. This condition is treatable by training the nervous system to 'learn' stereopsis.
More than 15 years ago, Sega was toying with a VR headset that would give the wearer 3D images near the eye; but following a test by the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) at Palo Alto California, Sega was warned that the peripheral should not be given to kids – a tough order given that the video game market at the time was catered to a younger audience. The project was ditched, and 3D VR headsets slowly disappeared from the market.
Now that 3D is back, bigger than ever, the risk is even greater for young viewers. Adults are believed to be mostly safe from 3D effects, though most will likely find that they reach a point of fatigue before long anyway.
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As an ophthalomolgist this sounds like complete nonsense, or a complete misprepresentation of the warning. The stereo visual cues in a stereoscopic movie are identical to the stereoscopic cues in real life. If a child has a squint they are going to get a lazy eye (amblyopia) unless they are treated with occlusion (patching of the good eye). 3D displays do not induce amblyopia, in fact they may be good at promoting good 3D perception by challenging our motor fusion.
Take-home message - don't let children watch the TV all day unless you want stupid children. But 3D displays won't make them blind.
But anyway, which kids would understand what they are watching, when they are so young? (excluding exceptions, of course)
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AMD PHENOM 1055T
COGAGE ARROW - (LOOKING TO BUY THIS COOLER AS IT BETTER THAN N14 IF I CAN FIND AN AM3 BRACKET RESELLER.
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ACER 120 HZ MONITOR
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Thanks
Quick question guys I am in the market for a graphics card and a 120hz display for some serious 3D gaming, however can I only choose thermi derivatives or will the HD 5850 have a 3D drivers update. I know I should just google this but every tech site I go to just states the differences in fps or tdp and physx where that is the really important question. Ideally I would like to stay away from nvidia cards as they are not only very overpriced for what they are ala Crapple products they are also seriously hot and my case isn't the largest also I only have 1x16 slot so I cant upgrade in the future.My PC specsAMD PHENOM 1055T COGAGE ARROW - (LOOKING TO BUY THIS COOLER AS IT BETTER THAN N14 IF I CAN FIND AN AM3 BRACKET RESELLER.ASUS M4A785TD-V EVOANTEC EA 650 WATTS4 GB GSKILL 1700 8-8-8-213D CAPABLE CARD - EITHER HD 5850/GTX 465/GTX470ACER 120 HZ MONITORAny advice would be greatly appreciated with regards to a serious cooler to get 4.0ghz out of my 1055T and a serious 3d gaming card.Thanks
Surely better posted on the forum?
sorry never used forum before, I will take my query there.
Peace
why do people get tired quickly from watching 3D movies