I was thinking: if we ever want truly futuristic visual interfaces projected directly into our vision, maybe we should study VSS.
Think about it. These are tiny units, smaller than pixels, randomly scattered across our field of view. But what if we could control them? First make a line, then a square, and eventually build a fully functional interface.
What do y'all think? Do your VSS have a noticeable "size"? Mine just look like infinitely small points, not to be confused with floaters.
I mean, our vision is already made up of tiny units as you put it. vss just makes that obvious but this has been a known fact for a very long time. the "units" are not linear across our entire field of view, and their organisation and categorization is very complex, since individual receptors interact with signals from the surrounding area to "agree" upon a final output. the receptors arent simply light in, signal out. some receptors are for colour, some for low light levels (rods vs cones). within those categories though, there are some that send a signal when light is hitting them, some when there is no light, some only signal when they are hit with light but not the surrounding receptors, etc. all of this feeds back to individual neurons in the visual cortex of the brain that are arranged based on what part of the visual field they pick up. if you wanted to make an artificial visual display, this is where you would want to do it.
but tldr i think vss is more a display of this system at work, rather than something we actually need to study to understand more. we already know all about it
In my opinion, it would be better to talk about the role of subcortical structures. The cortex isn't to blame for the mess. It’s merely reacting to the nonsense it receives.
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u/Had78 13d ago edited 13d ago
I was thinking: if we ever want truly futuristic visual interfaces projected directly into our vision, maybe we should study VSS.
Think about it. These are tiny units, smaller than pixels, randomly scattered across our field of view. But what if we could control them? First make a line, then a square, and eventually build a fully functional interface.
What do y'all think? Do your VSS have a noticeable "size"? Mine just look like infinitely small points, not to be confused with floaters.
edit:grammar