How many gamers here actually wear glasses?

SUBMAN1 · 11-13-2007, 01:38 PM

Just kind of curious since I got to thinking that I don't know any people that game a lot that actually need to wear glasses. Weird eh? I was always told that if I spend too much time playing video games growing up, that I would need glasses early. Seems that never happened like they said. Anyway, after reading this article, it is starting to make sense.

-S

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Intense video gaming actually strengthens your eyesight

by M.T.Whitney

(NewsTarget) Playing video games with high levels of action, like Halo and Unreal Tournament, can improve your eyesight, researchers at the University of Rochester have found.

The improvement was remarkable: among a study group of non-gamers that were told to play action video games for a few hours a day, they improved their eyesight by 20 percent within one month.

The important factor was the type of gaming you do: Pac Man, Zelda and Mario aren't going to improve your eyesight; searching for fast-moving targets onscreen in a gaming environment with dark and light areas, like in Halo, will.

This is because action gaming has a different effect on our brains, Daphne Bavelier, professor of brain and cognitive sciences, said in the study.

"Action video game play changes the way our brains process visual information," she said. "After just 30 hours, players showed a substantial increase in the spatial resolution of their vision, meaning they could see figures like those on an eye chart more clearly, even when other symbols crowded in."

To see if there was any improvement, the researchers used test subjects who rarely play video games. The study had one set of players play Tetris and the other set play Unreal Tournament, a shooting game.

In comparative eye chart tests, only the players who played Unreal showed visual improvement. The shoot-'em-up players also could correctly identify objects faster than the Tetris players.

"These games push the human visual system to the limits and the brain adapts to it. That learning carries over into other activities and possibly everyday life," Bavelier said in a press release.

The research suggests that action gaming can help improve the eyesight of people with visual defects.

The team is now going to research further into how the brain responds to other visual stimuli. They will be using a massive 360-degree enclosed gaming environment for their next study.

The Unreal/Tetris study will appear in next week in the journal Psychological Science.

Konovalov · 11-13-2007, 01:58 PM

Only for driving really at night if anything.

Dowly · 11-13-2007, 02:01 PM

Nope, no glasses here. Been playing pretty much all my short life and my eyesight is superb.

STEED · 11-13-2007, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Nope, no glasses here. Been playing pretty much all my short life and my eyesight is superb.

You wait to you get to my age

it's all down hill. :rotfl:

As the poll I Don't vote on public polls.

Camaero · 11-13-2007, 02:07 PM

I have very good eyesight.

SUBMAN1 · 11-13-2007, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Nope, no glasses here. Been playing pretty much all my short life and my eyesight is superb.

You wait to you get to my age

it's all down hill. :rotfl:

As the poll I Don't vote on public polls.

Only if you let it go downhill! :p An active mind removes the threat of Alzheimers, and active eyes strengthen your eyesight. You need to get out there and get on a BF or UT online game. Like any other muscle in your body, you can re-strengthen it back to where you may not need glasses anymore!

-S

STEED · 11-13-2007, 02:19 PM

Give me a good book to read any day, better for the brain. :p

STEED · 11-13-2007, 02:20 PM

Are **** alright I will vote.

There you go.

NiclDoe · 11-13-2007, 02:52 PM

I play games and i have glasses since i was in sixth grade. pretty weird and im in eighth and my vision seems to be inproving

StdDev · 11-13-2007, 02:54 PM

What poll?
how do you vote?
I didnt see no pole......

AVGWarhawk · 11-13-2007, 03:07 PM

Been wearing glass since the 5th grade. I have played games over 13 years and well, the eye sight has not improved. I guess I got the placebo display screen:rotfl:

SUBMAN1 · 11-13-2007, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Been wearing glass since the 5th grade. I have played games over 13 years and well, the eye sight has not improved. I guess I got the placebo display screen:rotfl:

Nah! Been playig only slow moving sub games! Time to amp up with some UT!

-S

STEED · 11-13-2007, 03:14 PM

Kaleun · 11-13-2007, 03:19 PM

hi,

No 20-20 vision for me - i've had glasses from about the age of 15 - more than half my life!!

I don't blame computer games, but my mum said "fiddling" with myself will make me go blind, i think she may be right!!!!!!!

Kaleun

Zayphod · 11-13-2007, 03:24 PM

Take that, Jack Thompson.

BTW, been wearing them since the 4th grade.

Getting to the point where I have to look OVER them to see my watch.

View Poll Results: How many of you gamers wear glasses?
Nope, never needed them	27	41.54%
Yes, I wear glasses	35	53.85%
I used to wear glasses, but strangely, I don't need them anymore!	3	4.62%
Voters: 65. You may not vote on this poll

11-13-2007, 01:58 PM	#2
Konovalov Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 4,701 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Only for driving really at night if anything. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

11-13-2007, 02:01 PM	#3
Dowly Boobmeister Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: On a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. PERKELE! Posts: 21,116 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Nope, no glasses here. Been playing pretty much all my short life and my eyesight is superb. __________________

11-13-2007, 02:07 PM	#5
Camaero The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA, California Posts: 1,454 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I have very good eyesight. __________________ *"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands."*

11-13-2007, 02:19 PM	#7
STEED Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Republic of STEED Posts: 15,899 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 36	Give me a good book to read any day, better for the brain. :p __________________ STEEDS U-BOAT SKINS & LITTLE MODS New Link> http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/STEED1984 *My U-Boat Skins now on SubSims.* Trust nothing Central Banks the IMF & Bank of England & your local Bank say. Question everything they say..Don't sit back and go along with it, Ponzi is the name & Ponzi is the game.

11-13-2007, 02:20 PM	#8
STEED Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Republic of STEED Posts: 15,899 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 36	Are ** alright I will vote. There you go. __________________ STEEDS U-BOAT SKINS & LITTLE MODS** New Link> http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/STEED1984 *My U-Boat Skins now on SubSims.* Trust nothing Central Banks the IMF & Bank of England & your local Bank say. Question everything they say..Don't sit back and go along with it, Ponzi is the name & Ponzi is the game.

11-13-2007, 02:52 PM	#9
NiclDoe Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the Air or hiding from Black Swans Posts: 767 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I play games and i have glasses since i was in sixth grade. pretty weird and im in eighth and my vision seems to be inproving __________________ The Crazy Wolf

11-13-2007, 02:54 PM	#10
StdDev Legend of the Sea Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: SoCal Posts: 726 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What poll? how do you vote? I didnt see no pole...... __________________

11-13-2007, 03:07 PM	#11
AVGWarhawk Buick Driver Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 23,399 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Been wearing glass since the 5th grade. I have played games over 13 years and well, the eye sight has not improved. I guess I got the placebo display screen:rotfl: __________________ Be alert. The world needs more alerts.

11-13-2007, 03:14 PM	#13
STEED Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Republic of STEED Posts: 15,899 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 36	__________________ STEEDS U-BOAT SKINS & LITTLE MODS New Link> http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/STEED1984 *My U-Boat Skins now on SubSims.* Trust nothing Central Banks the IMF & Bank of England & your local Bank say. Question everything they say..Don't sit back and go along with it, Ponzi is the name & Ponzi is the game.

11-13-2007, 03:19 PM	#14
Kaleun Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Brighton, East Sussex Posts: 667 Downloads: 192 Uploads: 0	hi, No 20-20 vision for me - i've had glasses from about the age of 15 - more than half my life!! I don't blame computer games, but my mum said "fiddling" with myself will make me go blind, i think she may be right!!!!!!! Kaleun __________________ ...A submarine's habitat is the deep, silent depths of the sea. The deeper she can go, the safer she is, and with the comfortable shelter of hundreds of feet of ocean overhead, the submariner can relax....

11-13-2007, 03:24 PM	#15
Zayphod XO Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Posts: 432 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Take that, Jack Thompson. BTW, been wearing them since the 4th grade. Getting to the point where I have to look OVER them to see my watch. __________________ "It's a tough universe out there, and if you expect to survive, you've got to know where your towel is at all times!" http://eldorf.tripod.com/index.html

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