VR Health?

[Azzanation]

Normchacho said:

Azzanation said:

You actually believe VR is better for your eyes? I can barely play my 3DS with 3D on without getting dizzy and my eyes start stressing.

The thing your failing to understand is that VR isnt just straining on your eyes, it also doesnt seem good for your brain. If you enjoy playing games for short periods of time than go for it. Iv heard doctors say VR is bad and iv heard doctors say VR is fine. The point is you only have 1 set of eyes that once damaged your in for a good life and your brain, well i dont need to tell you how important that is to you.

I wont be buying VR on the base of many reasons not just health, and im a huge Valve fan. No thanks, im not going to play a guinea pig. I am just pointing out some issues that many people will probably bypass. Hype and marketing can make people buy anything without taking in the the concerns and future issues.

Say what you want mate, i didnt make this clip and i am not Red Dragon who is actaully a PC gamer.

Two totally different technologies that work in two totally seperate ways. The 3DS uses a parallax barrier, which simply blocks certain parts of the image from getting to your right or left eye (think of those pictures where the image changes as you move it from left to right). VR uses actual Stereopsis, which is the way our eyes naturally see 3D images. To suggest that VR will cause eye damage because the 3DS can give people headaches would be like suggesting that looking at things in the real world is bad for your eyes.

Here's a good piece about how VR could effect your eyes

https://www.quora.com/How-bad-are-Virtual-Reality-headsets-for-your-eyes

The top answer has a great breakdown of what could be damaging to your eyes and how severley VR suffers from these issues. The overall answer is that while VR headsets aren't great for your eyes, they aren't as bad as say...a smartphone. Lens distortion seems to be the biggest concern, because your eyes try to correct the distortion and that can cause eye strain. But overall they aren't any more harmful for your eyes than any other consumer electronic we've been staring at for the last 30+ years.

Which I assume is why you don't own a smartphone and never watch TV up close or with the lights off, right? Oh, better stop using your computer too, being that close to a bright display for so long is way worse for your eyes than VR.

 

As far as VRs effect on the brain, do you mean things like this?

http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/11/12443026/virtual-reality-exoskeleton-paraplegic-oculus-rift

Becuase I've never seen any evidence to suggest that VR would be bad for your brain.

Fair points however I don’t see staring into a screen 2inches from your eyes be a good thing neither is stopping your eyes from blinking. It seems to be getting mixed results online where some doctors claim it’s not good for you and some claim its ok for you. I don’t think we have studies of using VR for years and the after effects and I don’t really want to play the Guinea pig for these new devices. I know VR is an old idea however these VR devices are new and I don’t want to play the risking game on them. For the price its being sold at all the warning labels on it, it’s personally not worth the risk for me. I wish Valve spent their money on making Half Life 3 instead of Vive.

I also game for long periods of time, I’m not a casual gamer who plays in short bursts.

I brought up the 3DS as an example of new tech and what it can do to you. A lot of people complained about getting dizzy afterwards and we didn’t find out until after we dropped out dollars on it. I see VR being no different and shouldn’t just slide of the hook because it’s Valve, Sony and Microsoft behind it. I’ll wait a couple years and see how people are once actual studies are done on the average customer.

It’s just me. If VR suits you than go all in. It’s clearly not for me.

You only have one set of eyes, use them wisely.