Thread: Advances in Vision

Does anyone know out there, currently, how much human vision can be altered? I've heard of several people going into LASIX and coming out with 20/15, possibly 20/10 vision. If this is the case, is there a possibility for further improving human eyesight.

On an alternate note: Ever since watching the movie "Pitch-Black" I've wondered if there was some mad-scientist out there that could actually alter your eyes like Riddick's. Are there any feasible ways to do such things... i.e. alter human eyesight to see on a lower spectrum?

I would just like to have 20/20 vision. Having 20/15 or 20/10 vision is good...well it's great. Right now I'm 20/30 in my left eye and 20/40..I think is in right eye.

Regarding frequency, I'm pretty sure you've actually have to change the optic nerve in order to do anything about that. Rods and cones and such are your limiting factor if I'm not mistaken.

You may be right about the optic nerve, but i throught it would need to be the brain in that it would need to learn how the see

Originally Posted by jolko

You may be right about the optic nerve, but i throught it would need to be the brain in that it would need to learn how the see

doesnt' matter if the receptors can't deliver the signal.

if you wanted to see in lower or higher frequencies we would have to do some sort of Genetic engineering, possibly borowing some genetic material from some snakes.

that would probably occur in some sort of alteration in the Brain Physiology as seeing infra-red in 3 dimensions requires 2 sensor pits and possibly even a completely different kind of optic centre in the brain.

the last part is probably a bit of an Exaduration but changes would have to be made.