How many gamers here actually wear glasses?

SUBMAN1 · 11-13-07, 02:38 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 · 11-13-07, 02:58 PM

Only for driving really at night if anything.

Dowly · 11-13-07, 03:01 PM

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

STEED · 11-13-07, 03:03 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 · 11-13-07, 03:07 PM

I have very good eyesight.

SUBMAN1 · 11-13-07, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Quote:

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 · 11-13-07, 03:19 PM

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

STEED · 11-13-07, 03:20 PM

Are feck alright I will vote.

There you go.

NiclDoe · 11-13-07, 03:52 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 · 11-13-07, 03:54 PM

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

AVGWarhawk · 11-13-07, 04:07 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 · 11-13-07, 04:10 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 · 11-13-07, 04:14 PM

Kaleun · 11-13-07, 04:19 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

11-13-07, 04:24 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

11-13-07, 02:58 PM	#2
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 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)

11-13-07, 03:07 PM	#5
Camaero The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA, Massachusetts Posts: 1,477 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	I have very good eyesight. __________________

11-13-07, 03:19 PM	#7
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Give me a good book to read any day, better for the brain. :p __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

11-13-07, 03:20 PM	#8
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Are feck alright I will vote. There you go. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

11-13-07, 03:01 PM	#3
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Nope, no glasses here. Been playing pretty much all my short life and my eyesight is superb.

11-13-07, 03:52 PM	#9
NiclDoe Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the Air or hiding from Black Swans Posts: 760 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

11-13-07, 03:54 PM	#10
StdDev Legend of the Sea Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the Great Wet North Posts: 635 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What poll? how do you vote? I didnt see no pole......

11-13-07, 04:07 PM	#11
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,275 Downloads: 90 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: __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-13-07, 04:14 PM	#13
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	__________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

11-13-07, 04:19 PM	#14
Kaleun Chief Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 329 Downloads: 266 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

11-13-07, 04:24 PM	#15
Zayphod Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	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.

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