This machine creates artificial vision for the blind

Second Sight's Orion system bypasses the eyes to bring artificial vision directly to the brain. Working prototypes are being tested right now in six blind individuals.
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[@JesseOrrall]

Any future tech you'd like to see featured on WTF? Let me know in the replies!

[@JJs_playground]

How about something related to flying cars / autonomous drones.

[@seanhudson1675]

Any tech that helps people, thanks!

[@iskandera1783]

Working on similar in Kazakhstan. Holla please to connect

[@alberto4790]

something about neuralink!!

[@mujeermj.7626]

An automatic driving vehicle for the blind, people

[@john_gyver]

On the one hand: It's amazing technology. On the other hand: After watching this video I really appreciate my healthy eyes.

[@st0n3p0ny]

Relatively speaking, the day is not far off when people will be having their own healthy normal eyes electively replaced with superior Borg eyeball replacements.

[@NewLifeFromTheWayofTruth]

That and Elon Musk must have copied a lot of technologies this to make his neural implant.

[@mafia_-vd7bs]

John mera bhai

[@XdewGaming]

My “healthy” eyes lmao.

[@mastersofgliebpowerofgrays806]

You bet!

[@RBBSLogisticsLearningCenter]

My wife was diagnosed two years ago with degenerative blindness retinitis pigmentosa. Doctors say she’ll completely loose her site in about 7 to 10 years. She’s 38 now. This is the 1st real hope I’ve come across since her diagnosis. Wow! So emotional right now

[@renaulth2009]

There's a lot of developments around stem cell therapy for RP going on as well

[@citylights3452]

@@renaulth2009 can you tell me the names of some videos updated about the RP stem cell progress?

[@naveengoel007]

I am legally blind, I can tell you that you guys are just amazing and if you are successful then you are going to help humans a lot. God bless you guys

[@keneso100]

This is so amazing Glad to see technology getting used for the right purposes

[@warlordqueekheadtaker7960]

Let's hope it stays this way the MILITARY and other organizations may think of ways to pervert this technology one day but I'm so happy for the people that will be able to see again one day ❤❤❤🥰

[@TechnicallyLenard]

It's definitely a start. Sure, the technology has a lot of room for improvement, but it's an incredible first effort.

[@s8n458]

I wish they'd develop this so it automatically adjust focus, brightness and contrast like a normal eye does and probably make it so it doesn't require an invasive surgery. Also a better camera resolution. I really wish this would be available to all the visually impaired people once they're improved.

[@lavapix]

Retina replacement based on digital camera technology would be interesting. If nothing else simple contrast detection of varying colors of your choice.

[@carsonyu3196]

This is so amazing! This gives me hope that I will see again one day.

[@hardiantosyukri6942]

Wait. No offence but how did you type if you cant see? Sorry, im just a bit curious.

[@carsonyu3196]

I use a screen reading software on my smart phone

[@QuickFinishPR]

@@hardiantosyukri6942 There's already a bunch of tech for the blind to help us do everyday stuff. But I can't imagine what the future will get us.

[@warlordqueekheadtaker7960]

I pary and hope you do 😇🙏 God bless you and your family

[@MrSandwichk]

How many fingers is this ✌?

[@spacesheep6547]

That's where i want my taxes to go!

[@shyne5928]

but we need more fighter jets /s

[@abluecircle7753]

@@shyne5928 tbh this would be 100% better since people who can see more can fight more Just imagine a blind soldier that can see everything

[@shyne5928]

@@abluecircle7753 yeah i put a sarcastic tone indicator there. i agree :)

[@mariamarkus5617]

Yes

[@ericmann770]

I agree, also into nanotech medicine, and NASA and SPACE X and Blue Origin.

[@Senaihh]

It’s just a start. One day blind folks can see images in 4k. 👼🏼

[@canismajor8601]

Everybody gangsta until it says TARGET LOCKED

[@Rdasboss]

i'm actually excited about the possibilities for this sort of stuff use for Virtual reality. I always imagined the ideal virtual reality would work even for the blind.

[@bjarkecarlsen6619]

I agree, though I'm confused why they didn't try to stimulate the nerves behind the eyes instead of the the brain directly. Seems like an obvious approach unless all those nerves are dead on a blind person.

[@kevinchromey7515]

Now I hope that we can work on some optic nerve repair

[@alberto4790]

Aren't they working with stem cells?

[@fernandopineda5505]

You go Kevin!

[@Shen7695]

Alot of people are studying it, but if they can reroute brain to get visual vision again then people are able to live with artificial eyes as well, thats why more people researching brain implant than optic nerve repair

[@alberto4790]

@@Shen7695 Would you dare to predict how far are we from artificial ayes wich allow a good sight replacement?

[@Shen7695]

Alberto we are still very far indeed but the test and researches are having results like patient able to see patterns or unclear images, hopefully once we got a breakthrough on the brain side, we are able to have good vision from artificial eyes. On the other hand optic nerve repair with stem cells have shown little result, the reason is mainly because they need someone which is not fully blind yet to take part in the research and rarely people will take the risk to do so when their vision is still functioning although not that well

[@Koenigsegg954]

It's gonna help a lots of blind people

[@GugureSux]

Been following this tech's evolution for over a decade now. Glad to see they're finally adopting the straight-to-brain implants. After some "resolution upgrades", I hope they start working on stereo-view variations.

[@stevemccarthy3209]

I really hope something like this becomes available in my lifetime. I definitely would be up for trialling it, if it ever came to the UK.

[@imjody]

I absolutely love the innovation here. Keep up the great work! :)

[@Koda_Grey]

This is fascinating! I have the opposite problem. Apparently I can see, but my brain isn’t able to translate what I am seeing. It’s interesting to learn how complex vision really is. I’m so happy there are opportunities out there for other visually impaired individuals to have the chance to see in such a unique way!

[@yelltona3928]

This gives me hope my older brother can see one day , as a child I didn’t realize how sad it is for him not to see .

[@JLopez-oi9cv]

This is great! God speed to the researchers working on this breakthrough device.

[@MA-st8io]

what an amazing gift to give a sightless person, I hope a major break through happens that would allow a person to see in color as well clear images

[@powerhouse5007]

I appreciate and respect these guys. You can feel it in their voices that they hot beautiful souls. All the blessings. As an engineer I'm inspired

[@TheShalimMiah]

Can’t wait to use it one day. I’d wait until it’s been perfected to the level that further hardware upgrades will not be necessary. Though software upgrades will always be welcome.

[@skitzoweirdo5313]

Good luck, you guys, with your ongoing procedures and experiments 💜

[@casey-capri2914]

Can’t believe this was two years ago… never heard anything about this. Amazing technology. Imagine what we’ll have for the blind in 100 years? It will be amazing.

[@macadamiaowl9702]

Well explained and detailed

[@paulbruce9328]

That's something that I can definitely sopport

[@michaellewis2139]

This is awesome. Anything that can be conceived can be achieved. Great job.

[@Champagneyear]

this is possiblity i wish i could get my hands of one of these and its patent or blueprints and work on new idee for this thing is brilliant

[@jimbroottan398]

I know about cochlear implants for hearing impaired. I always wondered if the same process would work for visually impaired

[@lieulieubear1407]

I would love one of these.

[@JoshuaSouthgate]

I am THROUGHLY impressed

[@lieulieubear1407]

I need this for outdoors and to see labels and areas outside. It’s frustrating to have low vision especially whe. You weren’t born with low vision.

[@kendolhun4198]

Artificial vision glasses are amazing.

[@joemarsh362]

I wonder if they would use Shelia Nuirberg's Video encoder equations in the video processor that 60 channels may be enough resolution. The encoded stimulation pattern would better match what would be coming from the optic nerve. Since the retinal stimulation is neural encoded before being transmitted by the optic nerve to the brain.

[@osamudazai8628]

Wow amazing. Hope i get one soon

[@Aman-gn1oz]

I came here to get an idea for what can I do for blind people in the course of learning electronics but after watching this insane complexity of bioengineering, I am figuring out some other way.

[@imperfectxennial3008]

Kind of freaky but cool at the same time.

[@JayHindTVcom]

Very good

[@nsubugadanielkelvin8414]

This is impressive

[@ogbunacharadivine6963]

Excellent discovery

[@Mike1Lawless]

It would be interesting to see if light wavelengths invisible to humans would be possible to visualize via tech that connects to visual cortex. See in ultra violet or infrared or a combination.

[@marcpulver3527]

Wow artificial vision what a breakthrough now I know there’s hope for me if I ever face gone blind thank you very much for this keeps hurting me more please

[@sherowraza515]

Please send me more informations about Retina replacement based on this technology , Thanks,

[@karinabiles3800]

Great video! I use it to teach English! Maybe subtitles could be available?

[@JesusChristDenton_7]

"We are not only men of science: we are men of hope." - Dr. Jonas Venture

[@sofou4683]

Imagine this tech in the future allowing you to zoom in and enhance far away imagery or directly enabling you to have night vision 😯

[@Neon-ws8er]

Would it be possible to see the other spectrums of light with this? Though our brains probably don’t know how to handle that information. Just imagine being blind for your whole life, only to be able to see more colours than a regular person. That sounds so sick. I hope it’s possible.

[@rimantasdanilevicius6754]

Could you make update regarding this video?

[@sherrycarter7821]

God bless the creators of this product.youre amazing🤩😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩

[@JoshuaSouthgate]

This is unbelievable

[@RahulRoy-hf4ft]

This invention is greatest

[@LilfoxTheHybridHylian5967]

Cool..they got something to see

[@illyapopov5636]

How about first perfecting the technology and the artificial vision and then thinking about putting and unnecessary addition like thermal imaging.

[@sumanpramanik4862]

awsome

[@HusseinMohamed-ej3ch]

that's cool

[@lieulieubear1407]

I hope there will be more research on the artificial intelligence of visual impairment. I have done research and asked many questions but I got not certain questions so I am on a roller coaster to finding solutions and cures for my vision.

[@annapurnaanu7456]

Pls let me know where can we get the glasses. It is needed for my student

[@daviddiamond2415]

Back in the 1960s (I think), they had a device that strapped to your back. You had a camera on a headband. And a matrix of rounded pins in a pad on your back. The image was communicated as pressure on pins. Initially, it felt like someone drawing a happy face on your back with their finger. Then at some point, after constant use, it automatically switched to a visual image, whereby if someone threw a ball in your direction, you would duck. I wonder why that non-invasive technology was never commercially developed.

[@kahuna3901]

These people are doing some incredible work. This is the groundwork for truly bionic vision. There are many approaches. You could hijack the current retina, even retinas that have very low photoreceptor function. You could, as they have done here, hijack the primary visual cortex. Eventually we'll get to the point where a bunch of electrodes over the visual cortex that is able to deliver depth and colour information, as well as motion. It's only a matter of time and these lot are doing incredible work. I know, as my eyes age, as my eyes loose the great sight I had as a child and young adult. That vision is precious. That many go through incredible losses of vision. These approaches will own day ensure all of us can have some sort of vision, if not perfect vision late into life. We should fund this like crazy

[@rajatvvij4841]

Share whom to contact for that or bionic eye surgery .need immediate assistance please

[@lieulieubear1407]

I want this I need this.

[@comrademax5302]

In the future, you could give people like this 360 Night or Thermal Vision

[@simiphukan467]

Does it hlp diabetic retinopathy blindness patients too???

[@iwantpeace6535]

First step is to use light digital helmet or glasses to send directions to one ear of the patient..this is easier than working with sensitive human nerves , Like this noble efforts..and to the researchers working on this human aspect..

[@drgeetanikam6418]

Anything for RP patient?

[@ankushmanhas3648]

Great

[@fahadmustafa6554]

This is so amazing

[@adamproof3440]

Is there any other informations about this as i just found this video only

[@amurika6336]

WTF amazing

[@Khan_abdullah]

it's basically a minecraft observer connected with your brain

[@tier1solutions28]

Blindness is a terrible affliction. I seriously wish I could win the lottery to donate to research

[@linokawomi5655]

After watching this vedio i am hoping that i will be able to see the beautiful world soon. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@linokawomi5655]

@AHAMED S i watch this with the help of voice over

[@frankem4837]

*Few years later* Blind people have cyborg eagle eyed vision can see an intruder miles away + capability of zooming in and out.

[@ryzenryne8747]

25 years later, blind people get 4k res vision in 120 fps.

[@renem2257]

Cool

[@RathinapraneshC]

Where We fixed tha bionic eyes I am India please tell me Bionic eye treatments where the are And any side effects in this technique

[@jaygoodman384]

Erickson's in Spokane,Wa told me very dangerous😳

[@HansDunkelberg1]

Experiments made by prof. Theodor Erismann of Innsbruck, Austria (1883-1961) have shown that people can ride bicycles and can ski after a short learning phase, with glasses that invert everything visible before them ("reversing mirrors"). Of course this is a different problem - you're dealing not with blind individuals. Nevertheless, it illustrates how much the brain is able to process, to adapt visual input. Subjects of those experiments have still seen single houses with the roofs pointing downward, a while after they had again removed such apparatuses. This means that our brains can, and indeed constantly do, most flexibly compose what we see. I - being visually impaired only through a slight myopia - often watch strictly geometrical patterns visible before me when I have my eyes closed, still, in the morning while sunlight has begun to enter my apartment. Such patterns use to be accurately symmetrical over at least four axes. They're colored, and quickly transform in such a way as to always remain strictly concentric, as far as I'm able to tell. Some purpose of this process, obviously based in my brain, must exist. One can assume that such a process constantly happens on some level below what I perceive as visible, or at least on a level which is permanently ready to be accessed. What other purpose than a _calibration_ should such a process have? My printer also has printed a few primitive colored lines, in the beginning, for the purpose of calibrating itself. My printer is a machine, and also my brain is a machine, but my brain is a less pedantic, a less reliably stable machine, so it would appear as plausible that it carries out such a calibration more often. With such an utterly intensive constant recalibration, I'd assume that our brains have a _potential of adapting to an unused input_ which you'll easily miss the scope of. Their parts processing imagery anyway ripen only long after our births. Tasks are also re-delegated into brain areas formerly not used for them, when areas formerly exploited for such tasks vanish because of operations or because of injury still during adulthood. Hence, you'll hardly have an allocation pre-set, or at least not one pre-set for all time, of what point of the retina contributes what point in the images you see via what connection in your brain. Dr. Roger Clark puts the resolution of a human eye at 576 megapixels. Given that something in us has the ability to establish a processing mode for such an input which delivers a flawless image only long after our birth, it should indeed appear as a promising approach to try out a gadget like the Orion system presented in the video with far more than just sixty pixels, and also to try out such a system with color. Of course, you can assume that younger patients will turn out more successful in coping with such a task. It should be feasible to test such a system with apes, given how eagerly such animals learn hundreds of symbols if they get rewards for it. You can implant a device into an ape's brain that has thousands of pixels, and in the beginning only show images consisting of much fewer points, with it. If an ape then recognizes an object or a symbol (which you can check for if the animal knows that you'll reward it), you can fathom quite exactly what such an animal sees. Also directly with human recipients, I'd assume that apart from the problem with the preservation of the implant it should be easy and useful to implant, from the beginning, a device with _a potential_ for many more pixels than you necessarily will in the end really exploit. It should be easily possible to in the beginning leave inactive areas around bigger dots on such an implant while such an implant already has the potential for a higher resolution. On such a basis you could, say, slowly let shrink the distances between the dots. Or - appearing to me as more promising - you could supplant a grid of such less numerous dots by a grid of smaller dots of which only every fourth sits at a place at which there already has been a dot before. If the patient cannot process what he then receives, you might simply be able to switch back to the former, simpler input. A thing certainly possible with whatever number of pixels is that you feed a television signal - regardless from what source - to a gadget like the Orion system here presented. If a patient first has to translate what flickers on a TV screen in front of his camera into the pixels of such a system, this will result in a strong loss of resolution. So the best resolution will be obtained if you directly transmit whatever TV input into the computer of such a second-vision apparatus. Aiming at entertainment or therapy, you at a stage like the one so far achieved by Second Sight could already create artwork for the users. For example, such artwork might consist in some flickering of the sixty dots achieved until now with the rhythms of music. This should be possible on a general basis, for any musical input a user selects, just like it's done with halos which KZbin recently has begun to display around thumbnails I have selected for playlists. These halos depend on the individual colors of the thumbnail but also on an algorithm which is always the same.

[@gauravrainck]

Please Reply:::---- Can it cure Optic Nerve Atrophy And how can we contact and meet the related doctors?? Please Reply!

[@first-thoughtgiver-of-will2456]

Why's the resolution so low on these? How does the neural interface work? Like can you beamform a signal to the neurons instead of directly contacting them so you can increase precision?

[@oliverjudson1834]

because you would need millions of electrodes that are micron sized

[@ThankYouESM]

I suspect there will soon be a non-intrusive solution, almost similar to how artificial limbs will send signals through the nerves.

[@LipToEar]

Does it work for people with advanced glaucoma, cataracts or other failing visual diseases?

[@andytaylor1588]

Diseases of the eyes are what this device will work for. It won't work for degenerative diseases of the cortical centre or perhaps other parts of the brain.

[@TechWithSean]

If it works, it should. Those problems are with the eyeballs, if the optic nerves are still there and working though, this could feed them information to interpret.

[@moawiamahgoub1585]

from where can i bye it

[@AliAli-ji4qi]

Hello. 3:15 - 3:20. Is that what they can see ?

[@nsubugadanielkelvin8414]

Can they do one for glaucoma patients

[@seasong7655]

What video codec does the brain use?

[@YangSing1]

Can this be used on people blind since birth?

[@ultramet]

I wonder if this can be done with smell. Many head trauma patients lose smell because the nerves are cut on the cribriform plate. Obviously, sight is more important and impressive to restore. Fascinating video.

[@mampachito]

En estos desarrollos tecnologicos, NO sobran las ideas. Pidan ideas a coloboradores desinteresados en todo el mundo. Seguramente habra muchos que lo hagan.

[@abbigailwhatley8956]

I've had this idea for like 6 years 😒 should have patent it..

[@rrubensto]

is it done yet?

[@sunilkumarsinha71]

What do the users really see with this system? Patterns of black and white dots or the objects as we all see?

[@austinbevis4266]

Defund the military and fund this technology

[@nsubugadanielkelvin8414]

How do the imgaes look like

[@christenorio9555]

Next is visor from startrek & nearly the same side effects!

[@first-thoughtgiver-of-will2456]

This type of stuff is why I studied technology.

[@sam99730]

Hi Is it accessible for retinopathy of prematurely stage five She is four years old and attended for multiple eyes surgeries resulting retinal reattach and good light perception

[@nsubugadanielkelvin8414]

Can they get images like the ones we see

[@Ashka555]

Do somebody know how much cost?

[@simongeorge9802]

My kid have WFS1 Gene problem, Doctor says he might loose his eyesight. Does this system helps him ?

[@mahbubhossainshamol9362]

Hopefully Neuralink will solve the blindness problem of humanity.