Computer Vision Syndrome
It
is said that 88% of people who spend more that two hours each day in
front of a computer screen experience some degree of computer vision
syndrome (CVS). This would include all of us and a huge percentage of
the North American population. Continuous flexing of the eyes' focusing
muscles creates fatigue. Glare screen filters and ergonomics help
somewhat.
With the increased popularity and use of computers, cell
phones, mp3 players, and game devices I forsee a pandemic. Is there a
solution in advance of a blind nation?
Yo Ho, Yo Ho! a Co-Hosts Live For Me
(Co-Host Sandy represents pillaging and plundering and rifling and looting and swashbuckling and sipping grog discreetly)
- Sandy Hirtz's blog
- Login to post comments
Looking out for pirates
Yes, Computer Vision Syndrome can creep up on you very slowly and unexpectedly. Over the course of a year, my computer monitor slowly started to go blurry, but I didn't notice because be eyes adapted a long with it. For a while, my vision was really messed up. The screen looked fine, but I had trouble seeing 'the real world'. I did not realize how bad my screen was until I upgraded to a large LCD. Once I had them side by side, my neighbours could here me shouting "Oh my Goodness!"
Is there any sort of technology that we could develop to prevent this situation from happening? I carton of milk has a best before date, and you can tell by the smell when it has gone bad. How can you tell if a monitor has gone bad? It happens so slowly that it is very difficult for the daily user to notice.
- Login to post comments
This game...
I found that playing this game cut down on any problems the computer would give my eyes by staring at it for too long:
http://blog.codefront.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/outside_mmorpg.jpg
I've been playing for for 19 years now, its actually pretty fun =D. The only bad part of it is that there is no respawn, but the graphics are kickass at least.