3D Displays May Be Hazardous To Young Children

SchlimpyChicken writes "Turns out 3D television can be inherently dangerous to developing children, and perhaps to adults as well. There's a malaise in children that can prevent full stereopsis (depth perception) from developing, called strabismus or lazy-eye. It is an abnormal alignment of the eyes in which the eyes do not focus on the same object — kind of like when you watch a 3D movie. As a result, depth perception is compromised. Acting on a hunch, the guys over at Audioholics contacted Mark Pesce, who worked with Sega on its VR Headset over 15 years ago — you know, the headset that never made it to market. As it turns out, back then Sega uncovered serious health risks involved with children consuming 3D and quickly buried the reports, and the project. Unfortunately, the same dangers exist in today's 3D, and the electronics, movie, and gaming industries seem to be ignoring the issue. If fully realized, 3D just might affect the vision of millions of children and, according to the latest research, many adults, across the country." The Audioholics article is a good candidate for perusing with Readability — the pseudo-link popups are blinding.

Comments

Re:This would affect most 3D displays, but not all

[Delarth799]

Nope, you already said it. The first day you turn six years old BAM too old after that to develop it.

Re:They -buried- the reports?

[Kohath]

Why do you believe everything you read?

Anything posted by kdawson is usually propaganda.

Re:They -buried- the reports?

[ScrewMaster]

This isn't flamebait it's a prediction based on historical data.

I've been noticing an excessive number of flamebait mods the past couple of days. Kinda wonder if we have some astro-modding going on around here.