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Using First Person Shooting Games to Improve Vision

Posted February 18, 2012 12:29 PM

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A first-person shooter game called Medal of Honor has been used by brain researchers to help improve the vision of adults who were born with cataracts in both eyes.

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02/18/2012 2:10 PM

They may be confusing vision with aim...lol

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02/18/2012 6:16 PM

What's this "first-person shooter game" talk?

I shoot first person = myself?
I shoot second person = you?
I shoot third person = someone else?

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02/18/2012 7:43 PM

Think 3rd person is where you control "something" (an avatar?) to shoot something else.

1st person - you're behind the gun.

2nd person is a total mystery - run away?

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02/19/2012 5:01 AM

With a title like "Medal of Honor", it's no wonder life is taken so cheaply .

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02/20/2012 5:59 AM

I guess they're so focused on getting another PhD student a thesis topic that they haven't thought to look and see what else is out there.

Luminosity have a wide range of brain training tools (I tried the free ones!) and some of those are vision training ones. There ones where you have to "shoot" the black bird silhouette, but not the full colour birds that appear randonly on the screen. Each successful round gets you a piece of a jigsaw, and you "collect" bird photos for your album.

Now doesn't that sound like just what they're looking for...?

Disclaimer: I am not and never have been associated in any way with the Luminosity company, other than to play some of their games online.

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04/04/2012 6:01 AM

I don't know if this first person shooting game really improve vision, because too much spending in computer, tv or any gadgets that emits bright light can cause eyestrain, constant eyestrain weakens the muscle of the eyes that can cause also to headache and blurriness of the eyes. There is a natural way I know to enhance eyesight, try to do eye exercises to strengthen / relax the muscle of the eyes. And remember that healthy diet is very important too for sustaining/maintaining the nutrients needed by your eyes. http://bit.ly/HowGetRidOfYourGlasses

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