“Eye Skills, You Skills, We all got Skills for …” Basic questions remain unanswered about what Lazy Eye really is, and how able different people are to overcome or moderate its effects. It is our mission to empower the Lazy Eye community to collectively contribute to answering these questions. For the last…
A talk about EyeSkills at the 35th CCC!
After a stressful Christmas preparing this talk, it finally happened. Here’s an introduction to EyeSkills, what we’ve achieved, where we’re heading, and what we hope to achieve! Perhaps the most surprising thing about the talk was the resonance it created. We’ve had over thirty people sign up to help as volunteers, over 4 thousand views…
EyeSkills-TheoryOfOperation
Here is a first attempt to explain our approach with the help of a simple video model. If you have ideas about how to refine and improve it – or could even do so yourself – please let us know!
The development of Amblyopia and Strabism
The development of Amblyopia and Strabism For many animals with multiple eyes, their brains combine the electrical signals from each eye into a “master” (cyclopic) image which gives them stronger environmental awareness. Sometimes physical problems seem to prevent the emergence of binocular vision, and sometimes it simply never emerges due to poorly understood neurological…
Our Philosophy and Approach
What are EyeSkills building? We are building tools to help people with amblyopia and strabismus (lazy eye) have a chance to learn more about their condition, their visual system, and even to open up some opportunities to overcome and even correct their condition.