Can Wearing Virtual Reality Goggles and Smart Glasses Actually Damage Your Eyes?
Dr. Sunir J. Garg of the Wills Eye Retina Service discussed the light that emanates from new display style glasses and how it may affect your vision. "If the light is not physically causing you to look away—if it’s a bright screen but it’s not uncomfortable—we don't think that that's going to cause any harm to the eye,” he said. Dr. Garg also mentioned that there is also no reason to think virtual reality helmets cause long-term vision problems in kids, but if a child is inside all day using VR, it could lead to nearsightedness. It’s not from the VR though—it’s the "being inside" part. “Something about being outside with natural sunlight seems to help regulate the growth of the eye and helps to reduce the amount of near-sightedness that people could be at risk of developing,” Garg said.