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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.
I would have replied sooner, but I just couldn't focus properly on the text of the story.
Liberty is not granted to me as a privilege, it is my due.
"Daddy, it's my turn! Let me play my 3DS!"
"Son, for the hundredth time, it will be your turn once your stereopsis is fully developed!"
"Mommmmmy!"
Better known as 318230.
But will it keep them off my lawn . . . ?
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Don't worry, they have top men working on it now.
Top men.
They will give the vast majority of people a headache after 10 minutes. That's a fact!
I hope someone else gets the irony in this line.
A subjectively measured number of people have problem X and "thats a fact"
Really? I had no idea.
Aspire to what? A washed out and static-y picture?
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Now when I watch 3D porn I really will go blind
All those Viewmaster slides!
That was just an artifact of cracking the DRM. If you remember the movie, it's a miracle the princess got that movie past the MPAA troopers in the first place.
...may be hazardous to your health.
Apparently, EVERY damn thing that is fun,entertaining, or otherwise distracts us from reality is DANGEROUS.
And you know what? I'm pushing 60 and simply don't give a shit if it kills me anymore.
So, I think I'll pour a drink of good bourbon, load the bong, and watch 3D movies until my eyes explode or the Surgeon General kicks in my door...whichever comes first.
I am my own gestalt.
By the way, I predict that the first articles about how 3D is "perfectly safe" for kids will be in one of the Murdoch publications, I'm guessing the Wall Street Journal, but possibly Fox Business, followed closely by Fox News and the rest of the corporate-owned media.
Then we'll have comments on Slashdot mentioning any risks from 3D as being "junk science" and how the studies were flawed or outright bogus.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Before we post we just need to figure out what eye to look at.
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3D displays give me a headache. And do these things degrade gracefully for people who only have one functioning eye?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."