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I wonder what is the long term impact of wearing a device like this for several hours a day on one's eyesight.

by p1esk 3y ago

danwee 3y ago
Well, you only have to pay $3.5K to find out!
MayuriYami 3y ago
As someone with already terrible eyesight from intense gaming, having a screen even closer to my eyes doesn’t sound like something I’d be interested in. Just doesn’t sound healthy at all.
- crubier 3y ago
  There are lenses. Your eyes don't have to accommodate to a couple ft in front of you in VR, unlike with a screen. Instead they can focus on infinity or a very long distance, so it's actually wayyyyy better for myopia.
reaperducer 3y ago
I'm interested in seeing how it works with glasses. I know there's supposed to be some kind of custom magnetic Zeiss lenses you can pop in, but I don't fully understand how they're supposed to work — do they replace your glasses, or are they to adapt your glasses vision to an AR space. There were a few tidbits in the iOS and watchOS portions of the recent keynote focusing on vision issues, so it's nice to see Apple taking it seriously. But I don't understand the solution.
- kitsunesoba 3y ago
  Typically pop-in lenses in AR/VR headsets serve as a replacement for your glasses.
  - concinds 3y ago
    Yes, they replace them because not only would your glasses not fit, they'd also mess up the field-of-view or the perspective according to what I've read (forgot the link). So you need custom lenses.
kitsunesoba 3y ago
The optics used in AR/VR headsets typically make your eyes focus as if they were looking at a point anywhere between several feet in front of you and infinity, so it shouldn't advance myopia. Hard to say about the light emitted though.
xeromal 3y ago
I believe most damage is done in your prepubescent years. Using this or phones really should be limited until your eyes finishing changing and then you're gucci. I recall that Singapore went from 17% myopia to around 80% in almost a generation due to the lack of changes in distances that your eyes see in your younger years.

I wonder what is the long term impact of wearing a device like this for several hours a day on one's eyesight.

by p1esk 3y ago

I wonder what is the long term impact of wearing a device like this for several hours a day on one's eyesight.

danwee 3y ago

Well, you only have to pay $3.5K to find out!

MayuriYami 3y ago

As someone with already terrible eyesight from intense gaming, having a screen even closer to my eyes doesn’t sound like something I’d be interested in. Just doesn’t sound healthy at all.

crubier 3y ago
There are lenses. Your eyes don't have to accommodate to a couple ft in front of you in VR, unlike with a screen. Instead they can focus on infinity or a very long distance, so it's actually wayyyyy better for myopia.

reaperducer 3y ago

I'm interested in seeing how it works with glasses. I know there's supposed to be some kind of custom magnetic Zeiss lenses you can pop in, but I don't fully understand how they're supposed to work — do they replace your glasses, or are they to adapt your glasses vision to an AR space. There were a few tidbits in the iOS and watchOS portions of the recent keynote focusing on vision issues, so it's nice to see Apple taking it seriously. But I don't understand the solution.

kitsunesoba 3y ago
Typically pop-in lenses in AR/VR headsets serve as a replacement for your glasses.
- concinds 3y ago
  Yes, they replace them because not only would your glasses not fit, they'd also mess up the field-of-view or the perspective according to what I've read (forgot the link). So you need custom lenses.

kitsunesoba 3y ago

The optics used in AR/VR headsets typically make your eyes focus as if they were looking at a point anywhere between several feet in front of you and infinity, so it shouldn't advance myopia. Hard to say about the light emitted though.

xeromal 3y ago

I believe most damage is done in your prepubescent years. Using this or phones really should be limited until your eyes finishing changing and then you're gucci. I recall that Singapore went from 17% myopia to around 80% in almost a generation due to the lack of changes in distances that your eyes see in your younger years.