Artificial vision: what people with bionic eyes see
- Written by Matthew Petoe, Team Leader, Bionic Eye Psychophysics, Bionics Institute
Phosphenes are an experience of seeing light without light entering your eye. Bionic eye recipients use these to map out a visual scene. Eugene Peretz/Flickr, CC BYVisual prostheses, or “bionic eyes”, promise to provide artificial vision to visually impaired people who could previously see. The devices consist of micro-electrodes...
