Sight Training: Enjoy Exercising And Relaxing Your Eyes was developed in co-operation with Dr Hisao Ishigaki of the Aichi Institute of Technology, an expert in the field of visual training who has developed sight training programmes used by professional athletes. He identified five different aspects of visual ability.

The Sight Training software focuses on stimulating these five everyday functions of your vision through a variety of fun exercises. You will be called on to use your Peripheral Vision, Hand-Eye Co-ordination, Momentary Vision, Dynamic Visual Acuity and Eye Movement as you work your way through 10 different Core Training exercises and a series of Sports Training challenges.

"You use many kinds of visual abilities in daily life. Identifying several objects in a wide range of vision at once, correctly recognising moving objects and so on make up your ability to see. In other words, you could say your visual ability is the accuracy and agility of your eyes. In this game we call your visual ability 'Focus Ability', and aim to improve it through training." Dr Hisao Ishigaki.

Using both screens of your Nintendo DS to put your Focus Ability to the test, Sight Training is simple to use and controlled almost entirely by just tapping the Touch Screen with the stylus.

The software will present you with an Eye Age*, and stimulate you with a training programme to use the five different aspects of your vision and reduce that Eye Age score to the perfect Eye Age of 20.

Because relaxation is an important part of any exercise, Sight Training also has a built-in function that helps you to carry out simple relaxation techniques. A friendly voice will talk you through an Eye Relaxation programme at the end of your Daily Training exercises to help you unwind and give your eyes a well-earned rest!

Did you know that there are five different aspects of your visual ability that you can help strengthen? Sight Training offers a wide variety of exercises that have been designed with each of these in mind.

The aspects come into play in your everyday life, even if you are not aware of them. Therefore we provide you with an overview of all five aspects, including situations where they are put to use.
  
 Dynamic Visual Acuity
Dynamic Visual Acuity relates to your ability to see moving objects clearly. Higher Dynamic Visual Acuity helps you to better recognize and keep track of moving objects. Sports like volleyball, baseball and boxing all call on you to use your Dynamic Visual Acuity.
  
 Eye Movement
This aspect of your vision relates to the ability to move your eye rapidly and pick up a lot of visual information quickly. This aspect of your vision can be trained by moving your eyes quickly or by making large, dynamic movements. This can be an important ability used in daily life, as when reading.
  
 Momentary Vision
Momentary Vision is linked to the ability to grasp a large amount of visual information in an instant. Activities like opening a newspaper and taking in a rough impression of the page layouts is an example of Momentary Vision in action.
  
 Peripheral Vision
Having good peripheral vision means you have a broad field of vision and can see things outside of your visual focus more quickly. Good peripheral vision is helpful when driving a car, for example.
  
 Hand-Eye Co-ordination
This aspect of your vision relates to the ability to judge visual information quickly and translate it into accurate hand movements. This aspect of vision is particularly important when playing sports.
 
In the Explanatory Video you can see examples of the Sight Training exercises, including explanations of which aspects of Focus Ability they help you train. 

Release Date 23.11.2007

Source: Nintendo