3D games ‘risk to children’

NINTENDO said 3D games on its highly-anticipated, handheld console could harm the eyesight of children aged six or younger, warning of possible ill effects from a technology on which many companies are betting big.

Nintendo said some specialists believe that “there is a possibility that 3D images which send different images to the left and right eye could affect the development of vision in small children”.

The undated statement appeared on a section of the company’s Japanese website devoted to its upcoming 3DS handheld.