Test Your Hand-Eye Coordination With Flash Focus
So, you’re a big fan of Brain Age for Nintendo DS, well now Nintendo is releasing a new line of games strictly for hand-eye coordination. Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day aims to train users’ eyes in areas like hand-eye coordination, peripheral vision and visual acuity.
This type of hand-eye training has been used by athletes to stimulate their reflexes and give them an edge on the competition. Nintendo jokingly adds, It’s a great tool for moms who like to keep a “peripheral vision” watch on their kids or for people who want an edge spotting holiday sales.
“Flash Focus represents another one of our software titles that delivers fun with a purpose,” says George Harrison, Nintendo of America’s senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. “Flash Focus should be in the training arsenal of every coach in the country, but it’s also ideal for casual game players of any age who want to keep their vision sharp.”
First time players take an “Eye Age” test to determine a starting point for improvement. As the player continues to train their hand-eye coordination they can track their Eye Age to see if it has lowered.
Some of the many fun activities in Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day include:
- A variation of the hidden ball “hat dance” seen at baseball parks: A circle is placed in one of three boxes, and the user must follow the location of the circle as the boxes shuffle rapidly on the screen.
- Watching two symbols flash on the screen, then tapping the touch screen to indicate whether they matched.
- Memorizing a target letter and counting how many times it appears in a fast-moving stream of letters on the screen.
Flash Focus: Training in Minutes a Day is now available for the Nintendo DS.
October 15, 2007 at 8:06 pm | Strategy |
