Does 3D really hurt children's eyes?

[Mr Puggsly]

Hedra42 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

That's fair, a lot of people were having health issues already. But with people living longer, smoking loner, the affects are more evident. And again, science of that time was a lot different than now. They do a better job at figuring out what's killing/damaging people these days.

Virtually everything has a warning now. Not because they're a real danger but to avoid getting sued. If Nintendo was genuinely concenred 3D was destroying eyes the 3DS wouldn't exist.

Science of the early 20th century was indeed different from science nowadays, but the processes of testing and experimenting to arrive at conclusions hasn't changed, and nor has the length of time it takes, in general terms. And they don't always do a better job at figuring out what's killing/damaging people these days - as the debunked and fraudulent 1998 paper claiming a link between the MMR vaccine and autism has shown.

@ bolded - Indeed - and if Sony were genuinely concerned about photosensitive epilepsy, perhaps the PS4 wouldn't exist, instead of letting people buy one and have it display the same bloody warning every time it boots up.

All these warnings are a sad symptom of the culture of lawsuits we live in, I agree, but they are there because there because of risks the consumers need to be aware of, and therefore shouldn't be ignored.

Right, now you're getting into studies pushing BS. The articficial sweetener companies are dealing with that even though some of them have been around for a long time.

The epilepsy thing is different, that's a genuine problem even if it affects a small number of the population. The warnings are to protect them from getting sued and games are likely designed to not trigger that. Games certainly had more flickering in the 90s.

These warnings sometimes just get people concerened about things with no evidence of being real.