So You Love 3D Movies? But What Do Your Eyes Do?

3D technology has created a lot of scope for movie and television industry people, and a lot of fun for the movie lovers, but is it really good for your sight ?

Now, it might be a scary question to ponder over but some reports suggest that the technology has not yet reached that much of sophistication that your eyes can blindly have faith on it. Some movie goers have complained feeling sick after the movie but one can’t blame the science totally because human eyes are to be blamed equally.

The main trouble is with the acceptance of your eyes. Well, you can compare it with arm-wrestling. One can’t say arm-wrestling is a bad sport just because it hurts! It depends on the strength of your arms, if they are strong enough to handle the sport, it’s meant for you but if your arms are feeble, sorry to say, the sport isn’t for you!

So is with 3D Movies, if your eyes are strong enough to handle it, all the entertainment is for you! Any idea how the technology works? Well, it introduces two images (moderately different) such that one is placed on the other. This creates a depth perception. Now the rest of the work has to be done by your eyes to experience the special effect. It is essential for your eyes to work together but if they fail to do so, you get to face the side effects.

The side effects include mild head ache, weariness of the eyes, mild vision problems, fatigue, and even motion sickness in the extreme cases. One should not start panicking on hearing the name of ‘motion sickness’ as it is found only in rare cases. But about 30% of the cinema goers have complained fatigue, kind of nauseous feeling, mild headache, and slight vision troubles.

A representative of American Academy of Ophthalmology suggests that the trouble takes place with those who have 3D vision but their fusion mechanism isn’t strong enough to handle the image view and the brain has to send additional impulses so that the alignment of the eyes are maintained. There takes place a conflict between the messages sent by the brain which creates a confused state for the body. And thus, when such people force their eyes to watch the 3D movies for longer time period, they face sickness.

Well, if you love eating chocolates and you are told that your teeth may be spoiled, you may get fat, and so on, will you leave chocolates forever? It’s obvious, that you won’t, of course you’ll reduce the intake but won’t stop for good! Now, if you love 3D movies, you don’t really need to stop watching them, some over-the-counter medicine for motion sickness will be enough!

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