It turns out that the visual skills of sports athletes are more acute than those of action video game players

A new study from the University of Waterloo shows that athletes still have an advantage over action video game players in terms of dynamic visual skills
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For an athlete, having strong visual skills may determine whether he can achieve excellent results
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Christine Dalton from the School of Optometry and Visual Sciences at the University of Waterloo said: “Athletes who participate in high-intensity sports, such as football, football or baseball, tend to score higher than non-athletes in dynamic vision tests
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Although visual acuity (clearness or visual acuity) is usually measured during annual inspections, optometrists under static conditions, research has shown that testing dynamic visual acuity is a more effective measure of a person's ability to see moving objects clearly - a baseline skill Physics and e-sports necessary for success
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Through a dynamic visual acuity skill test designed and verified by the University of Waterloo, the researchers found that although physical athletes scored as high as expected in the dynamic visual acuity test, action game players scored closer to those of non-physical players.
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Alan Yee, a PhD candidate in visual science, said: “In the end, athletes showed a stronger ability to recognize smaller moving targets, which shows that there is a visual processing difference between them and our video game players
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These findings are also important for sports vision training centers, which have been exploring the development of training programs based on video games to help athletes improve their performance
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Dalton said: "Our findings show that training in a 3D environment is still beneficial
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