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L.A. Ophthalmologist Says 3D Games Safe For Most

By james_fudge

If you are concerned that 3D movies and games are bad for your eyes, then the words of Dr. Mark Borchert, an L.A.-based ophthalmologist, will make you feel good. Speaking to Gamasutra, Borchert says that 3D entertainment is generally harmless to most people, and that there's no need to be concerned about long term damage to your eyes.

Borchert, who also works at The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, didn't have a definitive answer on how 3D content can affect children's vision, saying that ophthalmologists just "don't have an answer" to what the negative effects of 3D effect viewing are on young children.

"It's not likely to cause any permanent harm to vision," Borchert told Gamasutra. "There are people who get uncomfortable with it, and get eye strain or headaches, or on much rarer occasions, a sense of imbalance or nausea, but there's no evidence it can cause permanent harm to your vision or use of both eyes together or anything like that." Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on August 12, 2010 (boomark / email).