Compared Near-Vision Testing With the Nintendo 3DS PDI Check Game on the Thai–Burma Border

Background: A near vision game has been developed for the autostereoscopic screen of the Nintendo 3DS console. Ease of use and time for testing by non–English-speaking patients was not known. Methods: Adult and pediatric patients in a remote Burma clinic were compared with US military staff with each performing conventional near acuity, Stereo Fly, and Ishihara color in addition to PDI Check game, so results could be correlated and timed. Results: Seventeen Burma adults (aged 19–58), 20 Burma children (aged 7–15), and 14 US military staff (aged 21–36) completed the testing. Conventional testing correlated with PDI Check for stereo (P 
Source: Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Original Clinical Study Source Type: research