Lawrence Tychsen, 1–3 Liu Lin Thio 2–4 1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; 2Department of Pediatrics; 3Department of Neuroscience; 4Department of Neurology, St.Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University in St.Louis School of Medicine, St.Louis, MO, USACorrespondence: Lawrence TychsenSt.
Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University Medical Center, One Children’s Place, Suite 3110, St.Louis, MO 63110, USATel +1 314 454 2125Email [email protected]: This review assesses the risk of a photic-induced seizure in a child during viewing of 3D (binocular 3 dimensional, stereoscopic) movies or games, either on Sunscreens standard video displays or when wearing a virtual reality (VR) headset.Studies published by pediatric epilepsy experts emphasize the low risk of 3D viewing Cyclist Accessories - Shoes - Road even for children with known photosensitive epilepsy (PSE).
The low incidence of PSE is noteworthy because the number of hours devoted to 2D or 3D screen viewing and/or VR headset use by children worldwide has increased markedly over the last decade.The medical literature does not support the notion that VR headset use poses a risk for PSE.Keywords: virtual reality, epilepsy, stereoscopic, children.