RELATED UPDATE: rise of digital motion sickness

[DrLeftover]

29 September 2013

The rise of digital motion sickness: Video games, 3D films and iOS7 set to make condition the 21st century's biggest occupational disease

Illness is a variation on motion sickness which is caused by gadgets
Displays are now so good at mimicking reality they disorientate the brain
Problem will only get worse as tech gets better, experts say

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Technology which causes images to 'pop out' at the viewer has long been known to cause headaches because our eyes naturally converge to focus on an object moving closer.

But because, in reality, we're still looking at a flat and unmoving surface the eyes are fooled and become strained.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2436638/Video-games-3D-films-iOS7-Why-digital-motion-sickness-tipped-21st-centurys-biggest-occupational-disease.html


This is why I cannot watch 3-D

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

RE: rise of digital motion sickness

I never suffered from motion sickness, digital or otherwise.

 

[Evil Eye]

RE: rise of digital motion sickness

Sort of adds something doesn't it? Sounds pretty immersive to me

 

[DrLeftover]

RE: rise of digital motion sickness

In related news:

Sep 30, 2013

Authorities have temporarily shut down a room-sized art installation in Pennsylvania after three visitors reported seizure-like symptoms.
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Before entering, patrons must sign a waiver that describes the exhibit as “intense stroboscopic light in combination with thick artificial fog, resulting in a loss of spatial orientation.”

Those with photosensitive epilepsy, breathing or heart problems and other issues are warned not to go inside.

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This isn’t the first time “Zee” has been blamed for seizures. Pittsburgh Cultural Trust spokeswoman Shaunda Miles tells the Tribune-Review that past exhibitions in 2008 and 2009 had similar issues.

 

[Raven]

There are some video games I can't look at. Guitar Hero is one of them. I'm alright with Rock Band but Guitar Hero gives me a horrible migraine and makes my feel so ill.

I can't watch 3D films either.