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Scarred retina on one of my eyes here, due to blunt trauma as a child. If I close my good eye, everything appears as if through a heavy noise filter. Can read l

Scarred retina on one of my eyes here, due to blunt trauma as a child. If I close my good eye, everything appears as if through a heavy noise filter. Can read letters if super enlarged fonts though, with a bit of work. My vision appears mainly monoscopic, with the damaged eye providing perfectly integrated peripheral vision. It is never "funny" or weird - except if an eye feels tired it would have to almost always be the good one, and I have no problem driving or mountain bike riding. I'm slightly short sighted, wear glasses when out and about (contacts offer very little protection by comparison and are a pain to put on) - always buying premium polycarbonate lenses - but take them off when sitting at a screen (work) or just reading or engaging with anything in close proximity. I was greatly surprised to find myself being able to experience 3d when watching Avatar at IMAX Melbourne - I'm thinking the largely exaggerated scale helped - the movie was not blurry, but I could strongly sense the depth; I'm very impressed by the brain's ability to make sense of things. As for the prescription of my bad eye, I just set it to the same as my good - it really doesn't matter, so might as well have them be uniform.

jjeaff 9y ago
Interesting that you could see 3d. I have only a slightly different RX in my left eye and 3d to me looks like layers of flat objects at different depths. I thought that was just the best 3d had to offer until someone described to me what they were seeing.
- sundvor 9y ago
  I think it is the massive size of the IMAX screen, and relative exaggeration of the left / right isolated images that forces the brain to perceive it. In real life I struggle to tell the difference if I close my bad eye - which leads me to think I don't see in 3d. Brain perceives depth purely through focus; when looking at this phone as typing, the only change if closing the bad one is peripheral vision (Venn diagram/what good eye can't see) being dropped.
- Doxin 9y ago
  Good chance you've only seen 2d movies converted to 3d then, Because those definitely look like paper cutouts.
  - jjeaff 9y ago
    I saw Avatar in 3d at Imax and it looked like paper cutouts to me. Although I do at times get flashes of a full 3d experience from time to time. Magic eye posters also look like paper cutouts to me, but maybe that is the same for everyone.

jjeaff 9y ago

Interesting that you could see 3d. I have only a slightly different RX in my left eye and 3d to me looks like layers of flat objects at different depths. I thought that was just the best 3d had to offer until someone described to me what they were seeing.

sundvor 9y ago
I think it is the massive size of the IMAX screen, and relative exaggeration of the left / right isolated images that forces the brain to perceive it. In real life I struggle to tell the difference if I close my bad eye - which leads me to think I don't see in 3d. Brain perceives depth purely through focus; when looking at this phone as typing, the only change if closing the bad one is peripheral vision (Venn diagram/what good eye can't see) being dropped.
Doxin 9y ago
Good chance you've only seen 2d movies converted to 3d then, Because those definitely look like paper cutouts.
- jjeaff 9y ago
  I saw Avatar in 3d at Imax and it looked like paper cutouts to me. Although I do at times get flashes of a full 3d experience from time to time. Magic eye posters also look like paper cutouts to me, but maybe that is the same for everyone.