Here's a $20 application for the Nintendo DS handheld gaming device (which costs about $130). It's called Flash Focus and it is supposed to improve your vision. You can get an idea of the various exercises--the web site has flash simulations of the games.
The software was developed according to theories due to Hisao Ishigaki of the Aichi Institute of Technology. Comments on Wikipedia seem to suggest that reviewers didn't think much of its ability to improve vision. They compared it unfavourably to Nintendo's earlier Brain Age.
Two of the games (Baseball and Table Tennis) are probably more fun than the psychologically motivated practice tasks. But would someone not be better off training on a Wii? I think that there are some research issues worth exploring here.
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I've always been thinking about the differences between normal video game playing (control the game with keyboard, mouse, and game-pad) and a more virtual reality way to play games (Wii). Wii requires more interaction with the environment, and motor skills, while normal video game requires more focus on the screen. And now we have a good chance to look into it, because there are some games having both versions in normal video game console and Wii.
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