I am wondering how many people are wearing glasses because of gaming, I sure do.
deniiiii21
I heard that PC gaming might make some ppl develop the bad habit of not turning your head to the side, something important for things like driving cars.
i do...before i started actually playing games every day my eyesight was very good but now not so well its not horrible but its just not as good as what it used to be
My eyesight is getting worse (from 20/20 vision), but I think I've got a ways to go before I wear glasses. I'm right now the only person that doesn't wear glasses.
Weird thing...my parents, and both sets of grandparents all have glasses. I'm the only one who doesn't have them/need them...and I play computer games very often.
Sure has, when ever I enter a room I instantly look at my exits, if there is any ammunition laying around... med packs, andwhat is the most danagerous object in the room.
Gaming has increased my reflexes to a point where Im walking outside Inotice everything even to lights highlightingon fourth floor windows from street level.
I am wondering how many people are wearing glasses because of gaming, I sure do.
deniiiii21
I dont think its just gaming but rather how long you stare at a monitor throughout your days doing whatever. My vision was good but now its not that good. I can still see fine but things are blurry sometimes. some people are not affected, some are. I on the other hand, am in front of a monitor alot. Between home and the office, im staring at a monitor almost 24/7.
Sure has, when ever I enter a room I instantly look at my exits, if there is any ammunition laying around... med packs, andwhat is the most danagerous object in the room.sSubZerOo
Hmm... sounds like PC gaming actually benefits your eyesight!:shock:
On a serious note I hope some of you guys are configuring your monitors right so it wont harm your vision in any possible way. Configuring your monitor or even tv is very "important".
I wore glasses before I started gaming heavily on the PC and prescription hasn't changed much over the last decade. Now it can effect your eyesight if you are playing with insufficient light in the room, but then again the same thing can happen watching TV in a poorly lit room.
After arguing with my mom i googled it and found alot of sites that say it's not bad it can only strain your eyes if you stare for too long (which can't make you have worse eyesight). They even had tests where they had people who never played games before and gave them an eyesight check and then let them play some fps and 3rd person shooters and they accualy slightly improved.:P
But i went from 20/20 to i think they said 18/16 lol.
I'v have always had 20/20 vision however i've always had a problem being in brightly lit rooms or being out in the sun or snow (snow reflects light upwards). This is because i suffer from Photophobia, thats what the doctor said, its basically a strong aversion to bright light from any source. And its a side effect from suffering with hereditory migraines which can be started by looking towards bright or flashing lights. When i look at a bright light my eyes hurt and my vision blurs which forcces me to look away or close my eyes entirely till it stops.
Ever since then i've always worn sunglasses when out in the sun and always look down when i enter a room so my eyes adjust better to difference in brightness between rooms. However the worst thing is being out in snow on sunny or bright days because the snow reflects the light upwards directly into my face which means looking down to avoid the sun is pointless. Usually i wear some ski(sp?) goggles or squint my eyes as much as possible without closing them. It does sound rather laughable doesnt it? but i wouldn't suffer from this aversion to bright light if i didn't suffer from migraines.
On a side note i did read an article recently that monitors can damage or lower the quality of your vision because human eyes are designed better for distance viewing for long periods and close viewing for shorter periods of time. This is apparently because early humans used their eyes mainly for hunting and so would view things at a distance for long periods of time. And only viewed things up close for shorter periods of time, like using tools. However human eyes struggle to look at monitors because they show objects in 3D at very long distances away when the monitor itself is very close, which can confuse your eye and lead to possible damage. I think that explains why some people get sore eyes and have to take a break from their monitors because their eyes are having trouble registering distance of objects.
Unfortunely, yes, I'm trying to take 30 minute breaks between 1 hour sessions as my vision is now 75/50, brinking the edge of wearing glasses, I really,really, dont want to wear them though.
I've been PC gaming for awhile now, and its been proven that staring at a computer monitor for too long is not good for your eyesight. CRT Monitors are especially bad for your eyes and a LCD monitor is not exactly good for you eyes but its definitely not as bad as an CRT monitor. Also you want to make sure you look around every 30 minutes and get up from the computer and maybe go outside every 2 hours. So I've heard anyways :)
and yes before all the gaming my eyesight 20/20 and now I need my glasses to see clearly, though I don't wear them unless I'm in class or on the computer :) don't like glasses much. But yeah my eyesight is pretty bad these days.
I've been playing games for years, and I do wear glasses - but I've also got the best eyesight in my immediate family, so I doubt videogames have affected my eyesight too much.
i began gaming at 5, pc gaming at 16 - i'm now 23 and spend seven hours a day in front of a monitor at work and four hours in front of a monitor at home, and my vision is nearly perfect... and when i say nearly, i mean i can't read small lettering at moderate distance, while one of my friends can
i sit close to my monitor and i don't subscribe to that ten minutes an hour BS - it probably has adversely affected my eyes, i'm not deluding myself, but everything is fine for now
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