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Top Hollywood studios have declined to comment on the fact that their 3D films could cause headaches or visual stress for viewers without comfortable binocular vision (News 15.1.10).

Top Hollywood studios have declined to comment on the fact that their 3D films could cause headaches or visual stress for viewers without comfortable binocular vision (News 15.1.10).

Both 20th Century Fox and Disney, which also owns the Pixar studio, declined to say whether they would consider warning viewers that those without comfortable binocular vision may either risk some headache or visual stress, or simply not appreciate any 3D effect.

20th Century Fox produced the recent 3D blockbuster Avatar and has other 3D projects in development, while Pixar produced the cartoon Up and both it and Disney have a number of new 3D films due for release later in 2010.

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