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Perhaps this is related: why is it that for several minutes sometimes after I have been practicing music, my eyes refuse to focus. This only happens when playi

by blunte 9y ago

Perhaps this is related: why is it that for several minutes sometimes after I have been practicing music, my eyes refuse to focus. This only happens when playing by ear, not when reading sheet music. And it doesn't seem to matter if I'm watching my hands or closing my eyes. Is part of my brain shutting down to give another part more capability?... The effect can last from a minute to 15 minutes sometimes, and it only happens after playing music.

walterbell 9y ago
Eyesynth (https://eyesynth.com/media/?lang=en https://eyesynth.com/media/?lang=en) has done research on using sound fields to convey topological information to blind people. I don't have details, but they have done MRI studies and it appears that parts of the visual cortex are being retasked to process the audio signals.
- blunte 9y ago
  Interesting, thanks!
- Hextinium 9y ago
  That is so cool! I had thought of a similar system for blind people but someone had actually went out and built it already. I wish I could look at their source code as it seems like they are doing some really cool stuff under the hood