Realistic simulation of progressive vision diseases in virtual reality

Abstract

People with a visual impairment perceive their surroundings differently than those with healthy vision. It can be difficult to understand how affected perceive their surroundings, even for themselves. We introduce a virtual reality (VR) platform capable of simulating the effects of common visual impairments. With this system we are able to create a realistic VR representation of actual visual fields obtained from a medical perimeter.