Through a Bionic Eye Darkly

Recently, researchers from the Univ. of Washington posted a video on YouTube showing a visual simulation of what someone with restored vision might see. A study on the topic was published in Philosophical Transactions B.

The black and white video shows three panels of the same clip, a child darting by on a scooter. The first panel is the “scoreboard model,” a relatively clear black and white image, what the researchers say bionic sight attempts to achieve.