a 2D world

[davepreston]

well strange one today, ive just been told im stereo blind


which means I see permanently in 2d , and by the descriptions of the optometrist ive had it all my life


so what does this mean, well im **** at catching things (known that for years) , and all my skills ive learnt eg riding the bike/ driving etc I actually use instant geometry instead of what I actually see ( my brain works out the angles which I then feed in with my other senses to work out depth and orientation)


this as you can guess has fecked me up a bit, well made life a quandary to say the least, so what am I missing, and more importantly what have I been unable to do or would be able to do if I could


there is training that can be done to remedy this ive read, that helps some people so considering maybe trying it


all in all im just a bit taken aback , anyone know anything about this stuff
any input is welcome


and if you want to know what its like cover one eye for 15+ minutes, keeping it covered then try doing your normal everyday stuff
welcome to my world


one good bit of news is they cant stop me riding cos of it (was bricking myself for a few minutes to say the least)


DP

[Littlepeahead]

I believe this is a the condition that affects rats with red eyes, they move their heads from side to side to work out the distance things are away by the shift, though it can just look like they are having a silent disco.

[jambo]

Just think of all the money you save not paying for 3D TVs or movies!

This is a slightly funny one as essentially you've just had explained to you something you've had your whole life, so the diagnosis is new but the condition is not. I'm not sure that you've missed out on a lot really. I'm pretty sure I can see in stereo (though I suspect you'd have said the same up until you were tested) and I couldn't catch anything if my life depended on it!

Jambo

[Littlepeahead]

I think it affects about 12% of the population. Did that knowledge come about as a result of a routine eye test?

I know my astigmatism means I can't judge distance very well which means my hand eye coordination is rubbish, hence why I'm so poor at sports, riding the bike on twisties is tricky especially at dusk and worse in the dark and my brain cannot do those magic 3D picture things at all and I can't figure out 3D at the cinema, it just looks odd and dark.

[NTECUK]

I know my astigmatism means I can't judge distance very well which means my hand eye coordination is rubbish, .
Astigmatism causes difficulties in seeing fine detail resulting in blurred vision.

Hence why I'm so poor at sports, riding the bike on twisties is tricky especially at dusk and worse in the dark and my brain cannot do those magic 3D picture things at all .
No your just a girl :p

[Spank86]

Astigmatism causes difficulties in seeing fine detail resulting in blurred vision.


You can get round that if you only look at things either at night or out of the corner of your eye.

[NTECUK]

You can get round that if you only look at things either at night or out of the corner of your eye.
Ah you know someone with the same type as mine (damaged eye)
Plays hell when you have an eye test

[Spank86]

Ah you know someone with the same type as mine (damaged eye)
Plays hell when you have an eye test

My eyes are screwed.

If there ever is a zombie apocalypse my first stop will be an optician to steal all their glasses.

[davepreston]

yes LPH I went to for an eye test because I was getting headaches and thought it may be due to straining one eye, then they hit me with that


jambo your right , its funny to the point of it wont change my life, but does beg the what if and whats it like then questions, but now I cant slag of 3d tv like everyone else and have wondered about tryng to get refunds on the 3d movies I have paid for :)

[DarrenSV650S]

What causes your stereo blindness? I am strabismic so have never seen in 3D either. I had a few operations when I was a baby to fix it but it didn't work. There is vision therapy available which can help you gain stereo vision. I have just recently seen an optometrist about fixing it and possibly gaining stereo vision. Until recently I didn't even know it was possible so I am very excited about it all

[Littlepeahead]

You can get round that if you only look at things either at night or out of the corner of your eye.

Or just wear your glasses like I do. Mine mostly affects reading as it makes the letters and numbers look weird. So I struggle with the PC screen, the big departures board at the train station and the scoreboard at the cricket. But I could see a pedestrian about to cross the road from a safe distance.

3D cinema is rubbish anyway, you have to wear stupid glasses and if you wear glasses already is really doesn't work.

I think eye tests should be compulsory every 5 years. Think how many people are driving around blind as bats without a clue how bad their eyesight is because it's progressively got worse.

[Spank86]

Or just wear your glasses like I do. Mine mostly affects reading as it makes the letters and numbers look weird. So I struggle with the PC screen, the big departures board at the train station and the scoreboard at the cricket. But I could see a pedestrian about to cross the road from a safe distance.
Obviously.

With glasses or contact lenses my vision is almost perfect since they correct for my shortsightedness and my astigmatism.

Without them I'd struggle to recognize fallout from 3 meters away.

Sometimes when I hang around with him I take them off just so my eyes stop bleeding.

[dizzyblonde]

I think it affects about 12% of the population. Did that knowledge come about as a result of a routine eye test?

I know my astigmatism means I can't judge distance very well which means my hand eye coordination is rubbish, hence why I'm so poor at sports, riding the bike on twisties is tricky especially at dusk and worse in the dark and my brain cannot do those magic 3D picture things at all and I can't figure out 3D at the cinema, it just looks odd and dark.

Both me and Pegasus have pretty bad astigmatism in both eyes. I have no problems reading without lenses and depending what day it is, depends if I can see who is waving at me across a road. I can ride without lenses, but it's not recommended because if I get a fly in my right eye, I'm pretty much blind.
He can't see Jack all without lenses, but I can because my left and right have majorly differing prescriptions. When I take my specs off I can physically feel both my eyes adjusting like two camera lenses, between each other to find a happy medium.


However, my eyes are dreadful in funny lights. I don't drive well in dusk. I also have to wear tinted lenses as I have permanent uv damaged eyes and squint something chronic in full sun .
As for coordination, I was a gymnast for ten years of my childhood - nowt wrong there. That's from somebody who used to go to hospital to have eye patches :-(

[dizzyblonde]

Anyway Mr Preston..... So longs as you can see where the beers are, all is good ;-)

[Mrs DJ Fridge]

I had a friend who lost the sight in one eye after having shingles, it meant that he had to leave the army, but he has gone on to be amongst other things a stuntman, he is now working in greens for films. He says that your brain very quickly re adjusts and you cannot really remember how it used to be. So he has seen it from both sides as it were and doesn't feel that he has missed out. I am very short sighted and slightly cross eyed and can do nothing without my glasses.

[davepreston]

Darren please pm me when you get your info id be very interested

[Littlepeahead]

Do you reckon when God created man he screwed up on the eyes, realised he'd put in a design fault so quickly stuck some squidgy things on each side of the head, a bump on the front and thought 'right, that'll sort that problem out, I'll ensure somewhere down the line Adam and Eve's great great grandchild will want to be an optician and I've made fitting something on the head to correct my error easy.'

[DarrenSV650S]

I had a friend who lost the sight in one eye after having shingles, it meant that he had to leave the army, but he has gone on to be amongst other things a stuntman, he is now working in greens for films. He says that your brain very quickly re adjusts and you cannot really remember how it used to be. So he has seen it from both sides as it were and doesn't feel that he has missed out. I am very short sighted and slightly cross eyed and can do nothing without my glasses.



Once someone has developed 3D vision their brain learns to understand it and can then make assumptions based on previous experiences. So even if you lose vision in one eye, although you won't see 3D again, you will still have a much greater sense of depth than someone who has only ever known 2D.

A really great book to read is 'Fixing my gaze' by Sue Barry. She was cross eyed from birth and gained stereopsis in her 50s.



Darren please pm me when you get your info id be very interested


Sure will

[NTECUK]

Do you reckon when God created man he screwed up on the eyes, realised he'd put in a design fault so quickly stuck some squidgy things on each side of the head, a bump on the front and thought 'right, that'll sort that problem out, I'll ensure somewhere down the line Adam and Eve's great great grandchild will want to be an optician and I've made fitting something on the head to correct my error easy.'
Then man invented lasky

[ophic]

So DP lives in The Simpson's world? Figures :smt045

[Littlepeahead]

I live in the Parish of Springfield and my MP us called Mr Burns.

[phi-dan]

Don't know if this news story from a couple of years back is any use?
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/15/health/stereo-vision-recovery/

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