{"id":6456,"date":"2010-06-22T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"nintendo-s-glasses-free-3d-not-suitable-for-younger-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/6456-nintendo-s-glasses-free-3d-not-suitable-for-younger-viewers","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo\u2019s glasses-free 3D not suitable for younger viewers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nintendo made big waves at this year’s E3 when they unveiled their new DS portable gaming console. Dubbed the 3DS<\/a>, this little marvel displayed 3D images on a monitor without the need for glasses.<\/p>\n

It’s not the first gadget to do so, but it’s arguably the most noteworthy when one considers its impact at E3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Answering Kotaku<\/a> regarding concerns raised about headaches or other problems people might experience when staring intently at the 3DS’ display for extended periods, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said that the Nintendo 3DS has no health issues.<\/p>\n

“We are working with the experts in the field,” Fils-Aime said. “We’ve done extensive testing. We have a legacy of bringing only the best and finest products to the marketplace.”<\/p>\n

With that said he added a caveat: “We will recommend that very young children not look at 3D images.” Fils-Aime went on to explain to Kotaku that “young children” are kids under seven years old.<\/p>\n

“That’s because, [in] young children, the muscles for the eyes are not fully formed. This is the same messaging that the industry is putting out with 3D movies, so it is a standard protocol.”<\/p>\n

Games like Pokemon and Nintendogs target this young demographic and with a sequel for Nintendogs in the works for the 3DS (called Nintendogs + Cats) Nintendo has included a slider control to adjust or even switch off the display’s 3D effect.<\/p>\n

The question remains, what prevents an enterprising young mind from simply cranking the 3D slider to maximum after a parent has carefully ensured that it has been switched off?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The president of Nintendo of America reassured Kotaku that they have done extensive testing on the new autostereoscopic display showcased on the 3DS at E3 this year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}