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Is nobody concerned about basically staring into a cell phone 2 inches in front of their eyeballs?
by macandcheese 10y ago
Is nobody concerned about basically staring into a cell phone 2 inches in front of their eyeballs?
- SonicSoul 10y agoit's even closer when you talk on it. But i agree we don't need any more reasons to hold it so close to your head.
- MBCook 10y agoI think the GP meant more along the lines of "Focusing at 1.5" for a long period of time" not "holding electronics near my head for extended periods".
- macandcheese 10y agoI actually meant maybe we shouldn't be holding a heat and RF-emitting screen two inches from our eyeballs. My phone gets hot when streaming a lot of music - I can only imagine how hot it gets while using all that processing power to run a VR program!
- MBCook 10y agoOh. I've hear of GearVR shutting down mid-use due to heat (at least on older phones when it was new).
- tbassetto 10y agoOnly if it's a Galaxy Note 7.
- Sargos 10y agoNot really. Your eyes are focusing into the distance. It's not really "2 inches away" when you are looking at it.
- MBCook 10y agoMakes sense. I believe Sony has said that the PS VR is designed so you focus on it like it's 8' from you to make it more comfortable. I can't imagine anyone could focus on something 2" for more than a few minutes without serious issues.
- Bjartr 10y agoShould I be concerned? Isn't the reason I would want to avoid doing that for long times eyestrain? Isn't the eyestrain caused by the eye struggling to focus on something so close? Don't the optics in VR systems allow the eye to focus much more comfortably? Or are you asking more about the impact of non-visible EM band emissions?
- awesomerobot 10y agoAre you talking about the old "don't sit too close to the TV adage?"