@MKBPresents
I have a macular pucker in one eye. That eye's image is distorted and shifted and has a blind area. In VR, my vision is nearly normal or should I say, my brain doesn't have to work as hard to ignore the bad eye. It is so wonderful that I use VR to take a vacation from bad vision and see so much better. BTW, it also works in a similar way using Rokid Max AR glasses. In fact, after just a few minutes in VR, while playing a game or watching videos etc, I forget that I have this problem at all. It is life changing.
@CMak3r
My personal experience with VR is that my eyesight gets better, sharper, and clearer after each VR session. Other thing is that my perception of depth somehow got better. Before VR I have spent my time between PC screens and mobile phone screen, so I think this is why my vision improved so much. For example to read text clearly I used to bring my phone closer to the chest, but now I just can leave it on the table, stand up and still will be able to read small text
@mrvain221
This answered A LOT of the questions swirling around in my head lately. I have divergence insufficiency (esotropia at distance) and I've been doing vision therapy for over 2 years. I went from seeing in 2D (most of the time and wearing prisms) to seeing in 3D (most of the time) and no prisms. However, as I went through vision therapy, I learned my eyes were constantly working overtime (looking hard) in order to fuse images. So they would get tired fast as the day progressed. This is where VR comes in... I tried it years ago and found I would get motion sickness sometimes and eye strain (this is pre-vision therapy), so I quickly gave up on it. But after completing the VT course and gaining conscious control over my eyes, I decided to give VR another try. And to my surprise... I can handle VR for hours and not feel eye strain or sickness. It's amazing!! In fact... through every session of VR, I feel my eyes are able to relax at distance better and I can maintain stereopsis vision a lot longer. I just needed to understand the why and how.. and I think this video did an amazing job explaining the potential reasons why VR could be the thing my eyes and brain needed to bring all the processes I learned in vision therapy, together.
@hughmac7423
I've been playing with VR for 6 years and I'm short signted, have been since I was 10, and I'm 60 now. I get my eyes checked each year, and new lenses in my glasses every 3 years. My short signtedness has been reducing, the eye Doc puts that down to getting older and my skin or cells "thickening". I've had no problems with my eyes from using VR for years, I think it is less harmful than using computer screens for 80% of my 10 hrs work day and then at home for gaming. When I first started using VR, I noticed that when outside, everything appeared to be more 3D or I was more aware on the depth perception.
@firagabird
Great discussion! As a VR lover that also has had myopia since elementary, I'm really invested in keeping my myopia in check. After my own research, I learned that due to the VAC (vergence-accommodation conflict) and Quest 3's focal distance being (probably) 1.3m/6ft, objects in VR would always appear the sharpest at that distance as well. If I combined wearing my glasses (eyesight focusing at 6ft), using the virtual monitor in Virtual Desktop (highest preservation of detail), and set the monitor 6ft away and covering most of my FOV, I could read fine print more clearly up to 1728p resolution. This has the potential to be a sustainable use case for productivity (e.g. having several program windows open side by side) as well as very high res gaming.
@SjaakSchulteis
Hi, this is interesting indeed. I'm 66 now and I'm playing in VR about six years now. Besides that: I moved from the Netherlands to Thailand, where there is a lot more light in the daytime. What I noticed is that my eyes, my nearsightness has become better. The glasses I was wearing had become too strong and I got a blurred vision. I noticed that when I bought prescription lenses for my Quest2, which I had adapted by my opticien. Shortly after I got my lenses, I could not see a sharp image in my headset. It was significantly better when I took the lens out. So my optician measured my eyes again and one of my eyes needed less strong correction. So I don't know if this is because gaming in VR, the brighter light in Thailand (my pupils are smaller) or that I'm aging. With the Quest3 and Pico4 I bought prescription lenses with the lowest degree and for both I see very good with the lenses, whereas the picture of the Quest3 is astonishingly sharp. I have the feeling that playing games in VR helped my eyesight improved, but also my age is a part of it. In fact all three circumstances. I still can't watch TV without glasses, but when I use my old glasses, the picture is blurred. Not because of my nearsightness, but because the old glasses are too strong.
@PoiSonSonic
@Dr. EyeGuy I want to compliment your zooming on while drawing attention to something. Feels good.
@zionaikens2345
VR keeps my eyes focused and has strengthened my strabismus in my right eye.
@watcherworld5873
I had two instances of very strange experience with the Quest 3. I am nearsighted and normally everything is blurred when I use the helmet without contacts. But, I noticed that on two occasions, my eyesight was extraordinarily clear without contacts on. It was really unexpected. Now, it may just be that my eyes were focusing on the parts of the pancake lenses that corrected my vision. No idea what is going on, I just thought I share my experience. Oh BTW, I am looking forward to your prescription inserts review for Quest 3. Thanks for all the information.
@BitRaiser
Fun fact, my use of VR helped catch an issue with a wandering eye acting up that I wasn't aware of and by leaning hard intonthe VR, I've actually managed to reduce the effect.
@phylozix11
I been curious about this topic since I been dealing with a disability and been just using VR as I have been out of work for 7 years. I been nearsighted before VR and I never use my glasses unless I was out of the house so I probably haven't been seeing things far for a while. In VR though since it's a screen close to your eyes with a light source behind I never needed to use glasses or contacts to see far away. I did notice now when I try wearing glasses I can see very clear and I can see SDE when I couldn't before. My eyes would hurt after 20 mins so I didn't wear them again. I got the PSVR2 and Quest 3 that has a higher resolution and noticed not being able to see far away things clear anymore. I believe it's the lower resolution made things appear closer so now I went and got prescription lenses for them but got a weaker prescription because I feel like for close range things I can see fine with out glasses but with them on it hurts my eyes seeing things up close unless it's weaker strength. I now can see closer things and farther away in VR. My issue now is my eyes hurt in longer sessions and when I use my glasses outside of VR. I am wondering if it's better to just go without lens inserts sometimes to help.
@LipnoxVR
Your channel really exploded, huge congrats man
@leslortan2381
Oh. I forgot to add that I don't use the Quest to play games. I primarily use it as an alternative computer monitor and big screen content. Especially for watching 3d content and I have bought a 3d camera to record content because I have been so blown away by these devices.
@rosanna3765
I've been super nearsighted in my right eye all my life. Basically it's shaped like a lemon instead of a ball. About 20 years ago something popped in the back of my eye and I started losing my center vision over the years. I'm basically center blind in my right eye now, although my Peripheral vision is ok. I basically have a balance lens in my glasses. I just started the quest 2 and I was worried that it wouldn't work well as I have no depth perception. There is nothing I can do with my blind eye, but I'm worried about my other eye getting damaged.
@LestestsdeNico
i've been playing a lot with my Quest 3 these last 2 months and i have the feeling my presbyopia is gone ! 😮
@sandmaster4444
A related question: does the eye change shape when presented with a small image/text that is close up vs a larger but farther image/text *that takes up the same field of view*? If so, could this have any eye muscle training potential?
@Tropical-
Since I got my VR headset last Christmas, my prescription stayed the same for a whole year
@SpeedyGwen
even after playing vr every days for weeks, I still have no idea how to physically focus far away while converge to closer, and I was thinking of getting glasses with a stronger correction so I have to naturally focus much closer but it will make so I can look at close objects without focusing closer than the screen position while playing vr tbh, my curent glasses arnt strong enough anymore as the quest 3 screen is at a focal distance further than I can focus even with glasses so I am never actually in focus anyway tho am habituated to never be in focus anyway so its only anoying when trying to read
@thoreberlin
From my peronal experience i can definetly say that i feel like i can see better after a VR session. But i thought it might be caused by suddenly having full resolution back after only having 25 ppd in the HMD for a while.
@leslortan2381