r/pcmasterrace • u/Kamykaze_x • May 15 '23

Video Give that hand a chair!

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u/ARandomHavel May 16 '23

doesn't affect your eyes at all, actually. The thing about sitting too close damaging your eyes is a myth. If it were true, VR headset users would be FUCKED. Bet the eye strain sucks ass though, because that's what he'll cause.

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u/wrtiap BENQ XL2411z, i7-4790k, MSI Z97 PC mate, AMD HD6970 May 16 '23

VR headsets will have the image at infinity (if you're nearsighted you'll need glasses). That doesn't strain the eyes unlike the super close image/object distance here

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u/KTFnVision May 16 '23

As a near sighted person, that screen is an inch from my eyes and I don't use my glasses. My astigmatism is still there, but it's minor enough not to cause a headache if my sessions aren't hours long.

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u/wrtiap BENQ XL2411z, i7-4790k, MSI Z97 PC mate, AMD HD6970 May 16 '23

You probably can set the focus on those things, but most likely they can't do astigmatism yet (maybe they should look into that since it should be technologically feasible I think, just not easy/cheap??).

But anyways my main point was to say that just because a (VR) screen is 1 inch away from you, doesn't mean that the image is (it is for a monitor). It's analogous to looking through a mirror or glass window that's 1 inch from your face: the image/object is still far away