Hi everyone, I’ll start with a bit of background. I’m Ben’s younger brother, Nick, and I was very keen to see how his software works. Other than mild short-sightedness, I do not think there is anything wrong with my eyes. Sitting in Ben’s office, I noticed a 3D magic eye picture on the wall, and…
Yet another unique Alternating Strabism phenomenon
This is a super brief note about a very short time spent trying out the app with Mrs. Nat [names have been changed to protect the innocent]. There were a few interesting things to note:
Trying out EyeSkills with Fabian – notes
Fabian 29.12.2018 – Alternating. Generally, right eye strabismic. Can alternate at will. Don’t have suppression in the normal way – panorama vision with a suppressed central section.
Mittelstandskonferenz at the MOA 2018
Here I am in Berlin, with the Prototype team and a poster. Interesting discussions have been had, but most interesting for me, has been the interest in the project from conference participants who have noticed the strabismic eyes and come over to try it out. As usual, each person displays subtle but significant differences in…
Another surprising user test with Mr C!
EyeSkills Feature demonstration / user test with Cliff W – 02.09.2018 This was intended as a quick test of new features, but it generated some very interesting ideas and insights. Here, we describe the order of the scenes tested, insights won, and finally, draw conclusions. Cliff has alternating strabismus.
Dissecting a user test – how we improve!
Each user test is an exciting event. Each user test throws up at least half a dozen “aha” or “why didn’t I think of that” moments, driving on and further inspiring development. In our most recent user test (yesterday evening with Mr R) there were some obvious but useful minor improvements we could make to…
Why is designing EyeSkills difficult? – a quick note
When building software, one is creating a simplified model of reality, capturing those parts which are relevant to achieving the system goals. This model is not generally not built to be passive, it should then interact with reality to alter the nature of reality. It’s an interesting feedback loop called “active modelling”. If we don’t…
First test of second iteration with Mr. R
What a wonderful test. Mr R has alternating strabismus, and a very strong suppression. The Binocular Suppression scene is now designed well enough that it not only demonstrates the suppression switching on very well (by introducing conflict), but allows us to find that breakthrough point where – despite the suppression – Mr R can see…
Two more binocular break-throughs
This is a quick note about some more user tests we ran, this time with two ladies in their forties and fifties. We had our vision therapist with us, who ran both through a series of standard tests. In both cases, neither could use both eyes simultaneously! As soon as they were in the VR…
User Test 1 – Mr. C – Our first tester, our first breakthrough!
What can you say when, after a single two hour user testing session, your test subject comes back to you the next day, with a video showing he can demonstrably choose to see straight, and in 3D?