John explains: “The original approach to broadcasting all those years ago was that prevention is better than cure. It was right for broadcasting and it’s also right for video games. We’re not asking developers to do anything that’s not already tried and tested. The technology has been around for a very long time. There are no expensive, difficult or cutting-edge things to be done – it’s boringly easy.”
The technology John is referring to is that currently used to screen television programmes before they are broadcast.
One such system is the Harding Flash and Pattern Analyser (FPA) – devised by Professor Graham Harding, the world expert on PSE. Systems like Harding’s FPA are designed to check television footage. It flags up particular colours or patterns that are known to trigger seizures in people with PSE. These sections may then be removed before the programme is televised. Alternatively, a warning will be added, warning people who are photosensitive not to watch the following clip.
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