PSVR could cause long term eye damage

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/sonys-new-playstation-vr-headset-8940998

Dr Allamby adds: "VR headsets contain two small digital screens, each projected at one eye, creating a stereoscopic effect to create an illusion of depth.

"The closeness of these to the eyes over intense long periods of use could lead to severe vision strain or neurological issues and needs to be better understood."

"And because VR prevents our eyes from naturally focusing at a far distance, this too can speed-up the progression of myopia."

Why are you singling out PSVR? I'm sure this is a potential issue for all VR headsets. And it's only just that: it could be detrimental to eye health. We won't know the long term effects until people have used these devices for an extended period of time.

why am i picking on sony in particular? for fun.

as for the other issues.....some people will be fine...others wont....i think its recomended children stay away.

It's all VR headsets.

right...including PSVR

@KBFloYd: No shit Sherlock.

This is one reason I'm sceptical of VR... especially for gaming. I'm sure the experience is very cool, but I just can't see it being a viable option to wear these things for long periods. It's just not natural.

Anyway we'll see I guess. But I'm certainly in no rush to jump in yet.

Some of you probably aren't old enough to remember the news in the 80's and 90's regurgitating stories about how videogaming and sitting too close to a TV would cause damage to your vision. This is literally the same exact thing. Supposedly, every gamer in this forum shouldn't be able to throw a baseball accurately past the distance from their couch to their TV but here we all are.

how many gamers wear glasses?

multiply that x10 with PSVR

someone said its heats up your eyeballs.. VR goggle screen can get hot?..burn your eyes perhaps? :P

@KBFloYd: Well to bee fare my parentss said if i masturbated to mony times i wuld go blind, and yet hear i am posting on ign.

PS...hopefully i spelt everythang write as my eyes arent as god as they useed to bee :P

Don't care still getting it

Other people complained about the Virtual Boy doing eye damage or certain games causing seizures none of that stuff ever affects me.

It just doesn't hurt me at all i have very powerful eyes and don't get headaches from gaming (ive been gaming so much its impossible to affect me negatively)

Well after reading some of the sh*t you post, i'm wondering what your other 4 personalities think on the subject :P

I'm not fuckin with VR.....AR is the future

no cases have been reported yet so no one will care.

Like the 3D effect in 3DS?

I'm sure you follow their guidelines-

• Take a 10 to 15 minute break every hour, even if you don't think you need it.

And we find out 3DS can kill people with pace makers

• Do not operate the Nintendo DS within 9 inches of a pacemaker while using the wireless feature.

• If you have a pacemaker or other implanted medical device, do not use the wireless feature of the Nintendo DS without first consulting your physician or the manufacturer of your medical device.

SONY wins AGAIN.

hell yeah, I love mine

Certainly, @KBFloYd would never think of using something as dangerous as a 3DS, right?

Yeah, you see that processor unit that you need to attach your PSVR onto and the attach the processor unit onto your PS4, it's an eye sore. And their fans were complaining about external hard drives that you could attach on Xbox One and complaining about the Xbox power brick which is gone on the Xbox One S models.

this is worse than a 3ds....this is practicaly glued to your eyeballs.... godspeed to you and alvin the playstation chipmunk.

wires all over the place too.

kb has been a long time lem.....

@Heil68: Lol that looks more fun than any game

Oh it is, even at 200 yards :D

Sweet - is it too early to file the class action lawsuit? :P

Thanks for posting this vid so people will know what that PS4 Super Ultra Mini Slim unit thing I was talking about. I swear they're infatuated with making their hardware look like it could be stacked on top of each other. But man, wow yeah that's a lot of wires hanging all around your body. I wouldn't be surprise if there will be reports about users really getting into the VR games and twist and turn until these wires wraps arounds them and they trip and worse, those wires wraps around their necks and chokes them. Lol. I mean if people could fling Wiimotes & Move doggles onto their TVs, anything could happen.

@Heil68 said:

@chikenfriedrice said:

@Heil68: Lol that looks more fun than any game

Oh it is, even at 200 yards :D

Noiiice!!! :P

I'd of thought they'd of gone blind already with all the jacking-off they've done to their titillating prepubescent waifus.

@KBFloYd: certifiable dumbass you are. You're clever quips aren't clever, we all see right through your bullshit. This coming from a Sony hater, shut up would you.

From what i know, the same thing is caused by a monitor but to a lesser extend.

The same could be said about monitors that have a higher refresh rate of 60Hz.

What about long-term damage?

Because they emit HEV light (also called blue light), staring at phone and tablet screens may actually harm our eyes permanently. HEV light is that portion of the visible light spectrum that comprises light with the shortest wavelengths, which carry the greatest potential to damage living tissue.

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/does-your-phone-damage-your-eyes-an-experts-advice/#ixzz4Ljel1Qpc

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Time to throw your Phone,PC,tablet and tell your boss to fu** off if they expect you to work for 8 hours in front of a PC or similar device.

Thread backfire..lol

Oh come on... It's not only PSVR which is guilty on that front. I mean, Sony will be inflicting all kinds of eye damage with their substandard 4k pixels on the Pro too, but that doesn't even get a mention.

Why do lems care if they don't even have any games to see? TLHBO

Survival of the fittest I say...

@Heil68 said:

@chikenfriedrice said:

I'm not fuckin with VR.....AR is the future

hell yeah, I love mine

Nice! Mine is all stock but will be getting some upgrades too. I'm using brown magpul mags and plan on some brown furniture in the future.

Back on topic. I want to see the long term effects of the hunk of shit cardboard VR with cellphones. Vision effects and radiation.

Jerking off too much can make you go blind too.

"And because VR prevents our eyes from naturally focusing at a far distance, this too can speed-up the progression of myopia."

I have always said Depth of Field in games is evil and should be banned. The whole thought of DoF in a VR game is just horrendous, my eyes are melting at the thought of it. While we're at it Motion Blur needs to be banned as well.

If only Sony had found a way to provide you with a VR headset that wasn't illuminated and wasn't on your face!

... sh*t, I think they did it! My eyes are saved! Games look kind of... off... though

It's nice to see that there are people looking into said issues. Do you think there would be technical solutions to those problems being researched and implemented as well or is it just going to lead to a warning label in the manuals of headsets? Also, what would the theoretical solutions be? Eye scanning software, recognizing eye strain and giving you an overlay warning?

not going to even try to be subtle with that title are you?

Hehe clever. :P

Pretty sure doing something sedentary like playing videogames for extended periods already poses risk to your long term health. Also, eye strain and melatoninin/dopamine sleep disruption has been a issue for awhile already. How is this any different?