Any 3d tv owners getting headaches?

[ProfJohn]

So I got the awesome Sony 55" 3d TV with glasses and PS3.

The picture in regular HD mode is awesome, one of the best I have ever seen.

However!! When I play BlackOps in 3d I am getting minor headaches.


Anyone else with a 3d tv having this problem?

I think it might just be this game because I don't notice the problem with GT5.
I notice a lot of ghosting in BlackOps and I think that is my problem.


About to watch Alice in Wonderland in 3d to see if I can handle a movie, or if I have to take the whole thing back and go back to boring regular 2d tv.

 

[Modelworks]

3D in its current form can cause headaches if you are susceptible to them because you are looking through glasses that are rapidly switching off light from one eye to the other. For example people with epilepsy should not use the glasses because it can trigger a seizure.

If you had difficulties with CRT monitors and anything but the very high refresh rates then I wouldn't recommend the 3d glasses set up as it is a very similar effect to the eye. If you have problems with your eyes and florescent lighting I also wouldn't recommend them .

 

[ProfJohn]

Ok, finished the movie and don't notice any headache at all.

Must be the video game and the ghost images.

BTW the 3d effect in Alive in Wonderland is amazing. As if the TV was a window.

 

[0roo0roo]

Hows your vision..anything less than perfect messes with 3d.

 

[Nebor]

Also try changing which image displays first, left or right eye. For some reason mine was defaulted to the left eye, and I was getting headaches and weird double vision. I googled about a little bit, and then I switched it to right (dominant) eye and it solved my problems.

 

[VeryCharBroiled]

with the wife and I it seems the 3D source has a lot to do with it. well done 3D is easy on the eyes. Alice in Wonderland, Christmas Carol, How to Train your Dragon are all very well done and easy on the eyes.

the Imax demo disc was harder on the eyes because they had some extreme depth effects made it hard to focus on the objects.. that seemed to cause eye strain.

one thing to check on a 3d blue ray player is set the TV size. the samsung player at least allows you to do that.

 

[IGBT]

tried the demo out at costco and noticed eye strain after about 5 min. floor worker at costco said many returns on the 3D stuff due to strain/fatigue and in some cases crossed eyes and seizures. 3D is a gimic that comes around every 20 years or so.

 

[Modelworks]

tried the demo out at costco and noticed eye strain after about 5 min. floor worker at costco said many returns on the 3D stuff due to strain/fatigue and in some cases crossed eyes and seizures. 3D is a gimic that comes around every 20 years or so.

The seizure risk is the one that is of the most concern to me. It isn't the fault of 3d product makers that it happens but I do think they need to make the notice that it can happen more public.

My concern is people who are undiagnosed and never played games or been exposed to flickering content having a seizure at home alone trying out their new 3d set and getting injured.

It isn't a reason to not get 3d but maybe some type of warning would help. Something like a setup disc that tells people that if during a setup demo that if they start to experience any muscle twitches , odd smells or taste, unusual sounds, fear or panic, sweating, that they should stop using the product. Make it where it is display during setup for about 2 minutes so they can't just skip it without reading.

I realize they will not want to do much to warn people because it would hurt sales but they also might be sued for not warning enough .

 

[ProfJohn]

Hows your vision..anything less than perfect messes with 3d.

That might be part of my problem.

My left eye seems to be getting older faster than my right eye. Notice that a lot when playing with glasses. Left eye looks a little blurry.

I guess with normal TV the right eye takes over and you don't notice this problem, but with 3d it doesn't work the same.

 

[RockinZ28]

I tried out 3d leds at Best Buy and felt eye strain immediately and could see the glasses flickering.

At first with my 3d plasma at home, I'd feel eye strain after a while watching 3d blu-ray discs with a 3d BR player.

Now though I make sure all sources of light, even like a light under a door coming from another room are turned off, so it is pitch black besides the tv. And I'm watching 3d BR isos off my pc, and it does not strain my eyes whatsoever anymore.

I've heard plasma is much better at 3d though. I never tried out the 3d on my Sony 55" NX810 at home because of this, just sold the 3d kit on ebay since there is no point in having 2 prs of glasses for 2 tvs.

 

[schmunk]

Just curious, I know that 3D has to be 120mhz and you get 60hz refresh to each eye, but would the game setting for Vsync come into play for this? I would think the 3D tech would be limiting the new drawing of frames if they came faster than the refresh of the glasses, but if you have that setting in BLOPS, maybe it is worth a toggle, it might be interfering for some other reason??

PS, I wear glasses and have a pretty big astygmatism in each eye, I tried 3D at my Dads house with his new Panisonic 55" on IceAge3 and got an eye strain head ache within 5 mins! And I work in front of two monitors every day, and game once I get home with no problem.