The adverse health and safety effects of viewing visual images

摘要

The home entertainment industry is continuously trying to meet the ever-increasing demand for more realistic and immersive technologies. Today many users are not content with just watching a small screen, but want to feel like they are part of the experience. Thanks to recent advances in technology, display screens are becoming larger, providing viewers with a more 'real' sensation. However, this is often accompanied by symptoms which are usually termed "Visually Induced Motion Sickness (VIMS)".