From Dr. Dom Maino-Avatar

MainoMemos Blogger Quoted in Chicago Sun Times – way to go Dom!!

Chicago Sun Times columnist Mark Brown’s January 20th’s column title was: “Don’t be startled if ‘Avatar’ makes you nauseated- 3-D effects could leave you feeling like you ate a bad oyster” . ICO faculty Drs. Kelly Frantz and Dominick Maino and SUNY faculty member, Dr. Ken Ciuffreda talked to Mr. Brown about how problems with the eyes and the vestibular system may combine to make you feel sick after watching the 3D version of AVATAR. Brown noted that, “Dr. Dominick Maino, professor of pediatric/binocular vision at the Illinois College of Optometry, told me it only follows that individuals with an extreme sensitivity to motion would face the same difficulties when the big screen so closely approximates the real world. “It has to do with your peripheral vision and your system that controls your balance,” Maino said. He suggested some of the people experiencing problems might be candidates for vision therapy.”
To read the full column go to http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/2000542,CST-NWS-brown20.article or just click on the title above.