Eyemaxxing for Gaming
Gaming can place high demands on the visual system. Players may need to detect movement, shift visual attention rapidly, track multiple objects and react within fractions of a second.
Visual skills used in gaming
Which skills matter depends on the game.
- Visual reaction
- Peripheral awareness
- Rapid eye movements
- Tracking
- Visual attention
- Focus flexibility
- Eye-hand coordination
- Visual processing speed
More than reaction time
Fast reactions do not begin with the hands. Before you can respond to something on a screen, visual information must first be detected and processed.
Eyemaxxing therefore looks beyond traditional reaction training and focuses on the visual system involved before the physical response occurs.
Screens and visual endurance
Gaming also means prolonged screen use. The visual system must maintain coordination, focus and attention over extended periods.
Eyemaxxing can therefore include both performance-oriented exercises and training of the visual skills involved in sustained near work.
See it. Process it. React.