Blurry eyes after playing Trainz

[dimi_108]

Anyone else experience this?
After working on my route for a few hours today i drove out to the store and noticed my eyes were blurry lol.

Does anyone else get strained or blurry eyes after a few hours in Surveyor mode?

 

[oknotsen]

Sometimes. But thats more a general sitting-in-front-of-a-computer thing.

There are a few things you can do about this:
- The obvious: Dont sit in front of a computer so long
If you still have to or want to:
- Get a better monitor
- Dont sit in front of a monitor at night or during a dark day without your room lights on
- Go get yourself a drink every now and then so your eyes get a few minutes off
- Sit at a healthy distance from your screen; if you cant see the edges, you are to close
- Have your eyes checked; you might need glasses so you dont have to stress your eyes to much to focus
Im sure there are more things, but these things will help a lot.

 

[JCitron]

Sometimes. But thats more a general sitting-in-front-of-a-computer thing.

There are a few things you can do about this:
- The obvious: Dont sit in front of a computer so long
If you still have to or want to:
- Get a better monitor
- Dont sit in front of a monitor at night or during a dark day without your room lights on
- Go get yourself a drink every now and then so your eyes get a few minutes off
- Sit at a healthy distance from your screen; if you cant see the edges, you are to close
- Have your eyes checked; you might need glasses so you dont have to stress your eyes to much to focus
Im sure there are more things, but these things will help a lot.

The "rule" in general is to get up every 20 minutes so that you don't develop RSI-related problems with your hands and arms, and to focus offinto a distance to keep the eyes from developing a stigmatism.

A lot of this is common sense. Staring at anything up close for more than a few minutes makes anyone's eyeballs blur.

It also doesn't help if you've been drinking something other than a softdrink while using Trainz. :hehe:

John

 

[wholbr]

Hi Everybody.
As someone who is involved in workplace health and safety I have to say that the advice already given in this thread is excellent. However, there are a few extra points to be remembered. if you are still using one of the old type CRT desktop monitors (the ones shaped like a large slab ) then the best advice is to immediately " bin it". these monitors give off high levels of radiation especially the AV type which can very easily damage eyes and it is also thought that in women they can cause extra problems in conception and/or pregnancy along with other general health problems in both men and women from prolonged use of these type of monitors.

The more modern monitors are either lcd or led which give off much less radiation. The problem with these especially when installed in laptops is that users work much closer to them and therefore the radiation that is given off is concentrated into their faces which can create high levels of concentrated radiation especially in the eyes. if you are using any laptop computer for long periods especially if those periods include high levels of concentration such as when using surveyor in trainz then the best recommendation would be to use a separate keyboard and mouse which will allow the user to work further back from the monitor reducing eyestrain and the levels of radiation concentrating on to them.

As already stated make sure you take a five-minute break after every 20 min of work and with both laptops and desktop monitors try to keep the least 60 cm between you and the screen. Remember your eyesight is the strongest and most sensitive organ in the human body, so look after it. If you find that things seem blurry or your balance is affected when moving away from the computer monitor then take a close look at the way you are using it especially if you are engaging in high levels of concentrated use over the 20 min period recommended.

Hope this helps
Bill

 

[Searre]

I feel your pain. At the moment, I'm struggling with adjusting to playing with bi-focals!

 

[JCitron]

I feel your pain. At the moment, I'm struggling with adjusting to playing with bi-focals!

You have my sympathy. I have progressives which I was told are worse. I am constantly bending and twisting my neck trying to find that perfect position to see things clearly. I play keyboard isntruments and looking at music is tough too especially when I have to look at the keyboard then up, or when I get down near the bottom of a page and have to readjust my eye-focus-position all over again for the next page.

John

 

[patchy]

Welcome to my world
Been using elcheapo reading glasses for years thinking not a bad look on the screen,bit the bullet got my eyes tested got a set of perscription glasses and Bloody hell what a difference
I didn't even know the wiper blades on some locos work in the rain

Cheers,
Patchy

 

[Retro00064]

If it wouldn't be so bulky, then glasses with an autofocus system similar to what some cameras have might be a good idea.

 

[dimi_108]

Thanks guys. Glad i'm not the only one.