The Effect Gaming Has On Our Eyes...And What To Do About It
Top 4 Tips: How To Combat Bad Eyes From When gaming for a long time, do you often find that your eyes hurt and get unfocussed? Perhaps sitting at school or work all day and then coming home for an epic gaming session is really doing some damage? If you want to know what's going on and how to treat it, read on. A computer requires people to focus continuously, unlike a book it's a lot more challenging. This is because a computer screen has the added element of screen contrast, flicker and glare. Although computer monitors for home PCs and laptops have come leaps and bounds since their heyday, the technology is still not optimised for prolonged viewing, particularly for long gaming sessions. For gamers with pre-existing eye problems such as near-sightedness and astigmatism, this can actually make the problem worse. Older gamers will find that the problems will get worse as they get older. After the age of 40 the lens of the eye becomes less flexible and the abilit...