VisionSim | Braille Institute of America | Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it

VisionSim is a free app that help the seeing world understand what individuals with degenerative eye diseases are experiencing. 

 

"VisionSim was developed to allow people with healthy vision to experience the world through the eyes of a person experiencing one of four degenerative eye diseases: macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and cataracts.

 

Using touch-screen controls, the user can select one of the four simulators to replicate the symptoms of that particular disease. The application uses the device camera to allow the user to see the world through digital filters simulating the symptoms and experience of the disease. Using sliding touch-screen controls, the user can manipulate the severity of the symptoms."