Any lazy-eye people in here?

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: uhohs
lazy eye reina <3

:thumbsdown:
she's like 15..

16, almost 17
0_o

 

[Brentx]

Originally posted by: Platypus

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: Platypus
I don't have a lazy eye persay but I have what's called intermittent alteration.. basically I don't see in stereo, I can choose which eye I am looking for. Because of this I have 'perfect 3D vision' according to the doc and I have no natural depth perception, I made my own up. My right eye is for long distances whereas my left is for close up.

You don't see 'double.'

Same, except I use my right eye for everything, although sometimes I switch to my left eye, though not often.
I do have some peripheral vision with my left eye, but my right eye is used for most vision.

Are you guys allowed to drive? Or do you have to wear some kind of coke-bottle-glasses that "fix" things or something? I can't imagine being given a license if I had no depth perception. I don't understand how you can "make your own up".

Please educate me.

Haha.. it's not like I see the world like a pong map, I said no 'natural' depth perception, as in most people just have the ability to judge distances normally from birth. Because I don't see in stereo I had to make my own up as a small child. Playing baseball and stuff like that sucked when I was younger but I just figured out space, etc on my own and how to properly adjust. Your brain learns and it becomes second nature. My doctor told me once about a study they did where they had people wear glasses that inverted their eyesight so up was down, etc. It took them about 3-4 days for their brain to adjust to this change and they began to function normally, playing video games, etc just fine. After a week they removed the glasses and they had to relearn everything again just like the first time they put the glasses on. Your brain figures things out and it becomes second nature..

Of course I'm allowed to have a license, I see like any other normal person does. 100% healthy and able to gauge things.

The difference is that I can 'turn off' that perception and see things in a different way if that makes sense. I was always really good at photography because I see angles and shapes and arrangements easily because of this.

And yes I wear glasses but not for this, just normal nearsightedness.. no coke bottles or whatever, and I've worn normal contacts for the last 5 years.

I have the same problem like that, and until I was like 12, I always thought something was seriously wrong with me. I can choose which eye to be dominant in that matter. When firing a gun they usually make you choose which eye is your dominant eye... I can just refocus on my hand with either eye when they do these tests.

Funny thing is, I am really good at photography also

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
Are you guys allowed to drive? Or do you have to wear some kind of coke-bottle-glasses that "fix" things or something? I can't imagine being given a license if I had no depth perception. I don't understand how you can "make your own up".

Please educate me.

Depth perception is determined a number of ways...
1)The degree to which your eyes point towards each other as things get closer
2)The degree to which your lens must deform to bring it into focus
and, most important for long-distance distance gauging (which humans are actually pretty poor at)
3)Knowledge of about how big things you're used to look in the distance. If you see a tiny telephone pole far off, you can get a decent idea of how far it is, since you've seen them up-close.
Also, I guess (4)How far up the horizon something is.

Only 1 is really a problem for lazy-eyed people, and it's easily compensated for by 3.