http://enchroma.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea_xOqNvntA

Interesting, but basically simple, idea. Their glasses filter the centre of the red-green receptor overlap in order to heighten the difference between reds and greens, thus aiding people who suffer from red-green colourblindness.

Normal vision

RG colourblind vision

EnChroma filter

I read about these a while ago. They sound v cool.

dv said:

http://enchroma.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea_xOqNvntA

Interesting, but basically simple, idea. Their glasses filter the centre of the red-green receptor overlap in order to heighten the difference between reds and greens, thus aiding people who suffer from red-green colourblindness.

Normal vision
!http://d1h1nw9upgtapw.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/normalvision.png

RG colourblind vision
!http://d1h1nw9upgtapw.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/deutanvision.png

EnChroma filter
!http://d1h1nw9upgtapw.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/enchromacx.png

I wonder whether they’ll make any difference for res/green colourblind adults. Their brains haven’t developed the ability to distinguish colour differences, so, while these specs might add a dimension to their vision, I can’t see them doing much else.

btm said:

dv said:

http://enchroma.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea_xOqNvntA

Interesting, but basically simple, idea. Their glasses filter the centre of the red-green receptor overlap in order to heighten the difference between reds and greens, thus aiding people who suffer from red-green colourblindness.

Normal vision
!http://d1h1nw9upgtapw.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/normalvision.png

RG colourblind vision
!http://d1h1nw9upgtapw.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/deutanvision.png

EnChroma filter
!http://d1h1nw9upgtapw.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/enchromacx.png

I wonder whether they’ll make any difference for res/green colourblind adults. Their brains haven’t developed the ability to distinguish colour differences, so, while these specs might add a dimension to their vision, I can’t see them doing much else.

The user videos show RGCBA responding well to these glasses.

Jack trying on Enchroma glasses for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc36OMpqixM

As a bonus, there is a squirrel in the background.

dv said:

Jack trying on Enchroma glasses for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc36OMpqixM

As a bonus, there is a squirrel in the background.

Every time I see those ‘for the first time’ videos, be it seeing, hearing or improved something, I think of that photo of that young boy getting his first hearing aid…. The look on his face sums it up for me.
This is good stuff.. I wonder if traditionally colour blind biased jobs will become available now…

This one… Humans are fascinating

I’m very happy to be wrong on this; I just remember the case of SB, who was disappointed in what he saw. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Bradford

btm said:

I’m very happy to be wrong on this; I just remember the case of SB, who was disappointed in what he saw. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Bradford

Bradford was quite blind before gaining sight.

These specs are for people with red-green colour blindness.

dv said:

btm said:

I’m very happy to be wrong on this; I just remember the case of SB, who was disappointed in what he saw. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Bradford

Bradford was quite blind before gaining sight.

These specs are for people with red-green colour blindness.

Yes. Bradford went blind at 10 months, and regained full vision at 50 years. His case illustrates the difficulty of learning to interpret a sense after adulthood. RGCB adults can see, and can interpret what they see, but they’ve never learned to interpret the information in the res+green spectrum.

As I said, I’m happy to be wrong.

“I have a theory which is mine”.
I found out at an early age that I was red/green colour blind, thanks to an Ishihara colour blindness test, (the one with the coloured dots) this pissed me off no end cos I wanted to be an RAAF pilot, and at that time this stopped me, I don’t know if this is still the case. What I still don’t know is what does being red/green colour blind mean? you can point at an object, and both I and another person who is not R/G colour blind will agree that it is red or green, so do I see grass the same way as a non RG colour blind person sees blood and vice versa?

bob(from black rock) said:

“I have a theory which is mine”.
I found out at an early age that I was red/green colour blind, thanks to an Ishihara colour blindness test, (the one with the coloured dots) this pissed me off no end cos I wanted to be an RAAF pilot, and at that time this stopped me, I don’t know if this is still the case. What I still don’t know is what does being red/green colour blind mean? you can point at an object, and both I and another person who is not R/G colour blind will agree that it is red or green, so do I see grass the same way as a non RG colour blind person sees blood and vice versa?

My story is very similar.

Peak Warming Man said:

bob(from black rock) said:

“I have a theory which is mine”.
I found out at an early age that I was red/green colour blind, thanks to an Ishihara colour blindness test, (the one with the coloured dots) this pissed me off no end cos I wanted to be an RAAF pilot, and at that time this stopped me, I don’t know if this is still the case. What I still don’t know is what does being red/green colour blind mean? you can point at an object, and both I and another person who is not R/G colour blind will agree that it is red or green, so do I see grass the same way as a non RG colour blind person sees blood and vice versa?

My story is very similar.

Obv question: if you are able to tell red from green then why did you fail the test?

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

bob(from black rock) said:

“I have a theory which is mine”.
I found out at an early age that I was red/green colour blind, thanks to an Ishihara colour blindness test, (the one with the coloured dots) this pissed me off no end cos I wanted to be an RAAF pilot, and at that time this stopped me, I don’t know if this is still the case. What I still don’t know is what does being red/green colour blind mean? you can point at an object, and both I and another person who is not R/G colour blind will agree that it is red or green, so do I see grass the same way as a non RG colour blind person sees blood and vice versa?

My story is very similar.

Obv question: if you are able to tell red from green then why did you fail the test?

Well as near as I can establish, I’m fucked if I know.

I wish some optometrist had told me forty years ago that what I needed for RG colour blindness was rose-coloured glasses. They would really have helped. You can’t get them these days.

PS. the xkcd survey on perceived colour http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/
also included the effects of RG colour blindness even though that’s not on the blog. I asked the author about it

Obv question: if you are able to tell red from green then why did you fail the test?
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The answer is not obvious. Red is not obvious particularly when surrounded by a lot of green. Red doesn’t stand out, as others say it does for them. When red is mixed with blue, I initially see just blue, until told the colour is purple, then I see purple. When green is mixed with yellow, I see yellow, until corrected.

By way of examples:

If you asked me to turn my back, then threw a cricket ball onto the outfield behind me, I’d be unlikely to find it quickly – usually not at all – when I turned around. If you pointed in the general direction, I’d likely see it quickly, and see it as red.

The ball coming at me when I’m batting, appears about 2 or 3 metres in front of me. Consequently I am hopeless at cricket.

These spectacles sound intriguing. I’d be more than willing to give them a try. I reckon I’d know almost immediately whether they were working or not.

Another example:

I often don’t see red blossoms until someone says “Aren’t those flowers magnificent?” and points at the tree.

Michael V said:

These spectacles sound intriguing. I’d be more than willing to give them a try. I reckon I’d know almost immediately whether they were working or not.

You may end up opening the batting for Australia. Rogers is apparently retiring at the end of the Ashes.

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

These spectacles sound intriguing. I’d be more than willing to give them a try. I reckon I’d know almost immediately whether they were working or not.

You may end up opening the batting for Australia. Rogers is apparently retiring at the end of the Ashes.

That’s a shame

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

These spectacles sound intriguing. I’d be more than willing to give them a try. I reckon I’d know almost immediately whether they were working or not.

You may end up opening the batting for Australia. Rogers is apparently retiring at the end of the Ashes.

The specs are never going to be that good.

dv said:

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

These spectacles sound intriguing. I’d be more than willing to give them a try. I reckon I’d know almost immediately whether they were working or not.

You may end up opening the batting for Australia. Rogers is apparently retiring at the end of the Ashes.

That’s a shame

I don’t know. I’d be quite happy if one of the regular forumers made the Australian side.

I mean it is a shame about Rogers

OH :)

sibeen said:

dv said:

sibeen said:

You may end up opening the batting for Australia. Rogers is apparently retiring at the end of the Ashes.

That’s a shame

I don’t know. I’d be quite happy if one of the regular forumers made the Australian side.

That’s what I’m doing next week; relaxing in anticipation this week.

sibeen said:

dv said:

sibeen said:

You may end up opening the batting for Australia. Rogers is apparently retiring at the end of the Ashes.

That’s a shame

I don’t know. I’d be quite happy if one of the regular forumers made the Australian side.

I’ll quickly throw in a caveat on that: Except if they selected Alex, then I’d suggest that the selectors have gone off their cruet and needed urgent psychiatric treatment.

• I’d be quite happy if one of the regular forumers made the Australian side.

beetroot?

Yair, goodonyer sibeen.

:)

>>Except if they selected Alex, then I’d suggest that the selectors have gone off their cruet

She’d go alright, she’s taller than Warner.

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Except if they selected Alex, then I’d suggest that the selectors have gone off their cruet

She’d go alright, she’s taller than Warner.

Look, it’s not going to happen, ‘sif the selectors would go down the road of selecting someone with a surname like Kasprowicz or any of those wog sounding names. There’s be conniptions in the press box for starters.

I’ve got some X-Ray glasses that lets me see through ladies clothing if anyone wants to send me some cash so I can rush them to the buyer within 14 days

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/glasses-that-solve-colorblindness-for-a-big-price-tag/?_r=0

The highlight came on Day 4 of my tests, when my kids discovered a rainbow arcing across the sky, pointing and exclaiming. I looked. With my own eyes, I could barely see it. Maybe there was a soft arc of yellow, but that was it.

Then I put on the glasses. Unbelievable! Now I saw two entire additional color bands, above and below the yellow arc. It was suddenly a complete rainbow. I don’t mind admitting, I felt a surge of emotion. It was like a peek into a world I knew existed, but had never been allowed to see.

furious said:

• I’d be quite happy if one of the regular forumers made the Australian side.

beetroot?

You can beat an egg, but you can’t beat a root?

600 usd does seem a lot but it will be worth it for some people.