- ApeFest 2023 was held in Hong Kong from November 3 to November 5.
- Not less than 15 allegations of impairment of imaginative and prescient have surfaced on-line.
The father or mother enterprise of Bored Ape Yacht Membership (BAYC), Yuga Labs, hosted the a lot awaited return of its massive in-person occasion, ApeFest 2023, which was held in Hong Kong from November 3 to November 5.
This yr’s Hong Kong occasion didn’t deal with music in the identical manner that final yr’s New York Metropolis occasions did throughout NFT.NYC. As an alternative, the competition was centered on a “new journey” that encourages attendees to find town’s hidden gems and make the competition accessible to those that can not bodily attend.
Excessive Discomfort
Nevertheless, burns, impaired eyesight, and “excessive ache” within the eyes have been reported by a number of attendees of the Yuga Labs ApeFest in Hong Kong, who blamed the occasion’s lights. On November 5, one attendee named CryptoJune tweeted that he needed to go to the hospital after waking up in the course of the night time put up ApeFest with excessive eye discomfort.
A lot of folks with eye complaints have been stated to be “up shut” to the lighting present on the primary stage, in accordance with one observer. One other ApeFest attendee, recognized solely as Feld on Twitter, reported experiencing the identical issues.
Not less than 15 allegations of impairment of imaginative and prescient have surfaced on-line, nevertheless this may increasingly solely apply to these among the many a whole lot of ApeFest contributors who have been sitting or standing very near the stage. Occasion Goers in Hong Kong have had well being issues previously due to unhealthy UV illumination.
The allegations of visible impairment in each cases tie up with a dysfunction referred to as photokeratitis, popularly generally known as “Welder’s eye.”
