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Will 3D glasses be regulated by the FDA?

Great bit of reprting! Kudos to RealD for clear full disclosure. Love the acknowledgement that consumer beliefs, not reality, can drive or deter an industry's growth and innovation in general. The FDA should monitor the 3D phenom but unless clear residual health issues can be pinpointed they should let consumer influence prevail.

Sorry if it may hurt their bottom line, but the safety of the public is a higher priority. I have encountered cheap reading glasses that caused my eyes to water, due to chemicals in their manufacture. I would hate to see (pun intended) a population of individuals with damaged eyesight due to advancing technology.

This is sensationalist journalism, pure and simple. Those
provisos are standard, almost boiler plate, additions to any
prospectus. They are even prompted for automatically in some
form software, and are required by SEC regulation. In fact,
companies often jump through hoops to manufacture these
"caveats" just to give the impression of full disclosure. NOWHERE
in this filing does the language even remotely imply any actual
known, or supposed, or even speculated significant health risks.
Nor does any research exist pointing in this direction. Taking all
things in to account, especially the headline, it is hard to see
this as anything other than fear click baiting and fear
mongering.

I do experience motion sickness while using polarized 3D glasses - but I feel this is a result of the image/filming, not the glasses per-se. It is possible to use the 3D capability to provide reality presence in a film, or over-the-top effects show-off. Are you watching the film for the story and acting, or is it just an effects vehicle? I suspect both kinds of films will exist; at most, the customer needs to be informed which kind it is.

Sun glasses are claimed to provide protection from ultraviolet radiation. Any device making a protection claim is required to be regulated by the FDA. 3D movie glasses do not make that claim and therefor are except from FDA oversight.

By the way, polarized glass does provide various amounts of UV protection.

I get motionsickness in buses. There should certainly be a
healthwarning printed at the side of them. I also get very tired both
looking at and listening to my neighbour, a warningsticker should be
attached to him.

Seriously, should everything be regulated just because one or two
people have a problem? Should everybody suffer just because ONE
person is a blithering moron?

Example: My overregulating country just passed a law that sparklers
may not be sold to persons under the age of 18 (eightteen), because
they are so DANGEROUS. On the other hand, the authorities have not
yet realized that a child of 5 can buy gasoline, and make a molotows
coctail (well, in theory at least).