Video games and E Ink e-readers: Game use beefs up contrast detection?

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By David Rothman

The Sony PRS-700 has drawn many gripes that it lacks enough contrast between text and background.

Even the new Kindle, without a touch screen reducing contrast, has that problem in the opinion of some users.

But could video games, where Sony also has a stake, make users better able to deal with the contrast issue on the Sony and other E Ink machines?

You never know. As reported by Joel Aschenbach of the Washington Post: "Video games apparently can improve a key component of eyesight: discerning slight differences in contrast." (Photo from Gear Diary.)

Related: Are computer games a literary genre?, in the Guardian.

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