Beware: 3D will make you go crazy!
Stereo 3D could be the killer app for the entertainment industry, literally!
While Avatar grossed more than $2 billion worldwide, more than any movie ever made, a little known fact – meticulously avoided by the entertainment world at CES 2010 – is that 3D technology could cause seizures for millions of viewers affected by epilepsy, and especially children.
50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, with almost 90% of these people being in developing countries according to this Wikipedia entry; and over 2.5 millions people are affected in the U.S. alone.
The “magic” of 3D can kill
The problem lies in how stereoscopic 3D solutions – showed at CES 2010 – simulate the depth-of-field, using active shutter-glasses with lenses that alternate between clear and opaque, dozen of times per second, and per eye; causing the unintended seizures.
“A large part of the population may suffer from epilepsy. So the fact that your eyes are perceiving something flashy may trigger this hidden problem you have. So it maybe very bad ,” adds 3DSwitch CTO Dario Pennisi whose company develops 3D technologies.
To know more about the danger of 3D for epileptics, check out the authoritative Epilepsy.com site, run by the Epilepsy Therapy Project Forum.
Posted by TechPulse 360 
