Two additional vision experts emphasized the critical role peripheral vision plays in maintaining safe daily function.
“Most people do not recognize anything beyond the small center of the [visual] field, which is the only part that is in sharp focus,” said Dr. Alfred Sommers, a professor of ophthalmology and dean emeritus of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
“But we often do respond to events happening in the periphery, which is not in sharp focus but might catch our attention, or not, like a car or person we would otherwise bump into,” Sommers said.
And that’s why there’s a potential problem with Google Glass, according to Mark Rosenfield, a professor at the State University of New York College of Optometry in New York City.
“This loss of peripheral vision due to the obstruction [of Google Glass frames] could be significant depending upon what the observer is doing while wearing the device,” Rosenfield said. “A subject who was driving, operating machinery or in motion could be severely, and dangerously, impacted by the visual field loss,” he said.
Two additional vision experts emphasized the critical role peripheral vision plays in maintaining safe daily function.
“Most people do not recognize anything beyond the small center of the [visual] field, which is the only part that is in sharp focus,” said Dr. Alfred Sommers, a professor of ophthalmology and dean emeritus of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
“But we often do respond to events happening in the periphery, which is not in sharp focus but might catch our attention, or not, like a car or person we would otherwise bump into,” Sommers said.
And that’s why there’s a potential problem with Google Glass, according to Mark Rosenfield, a professor at the State University of New York College of Optometry in New York City.
“This loss of peripheral vision due to the obstruction [of Google Glass frames] could be significant depending upon what the observer is doing while wearing the device,” Rosenfield said. “A subject who was driving, operating machinery or in motion could be severely, and dangerously, impacted by the visual field loss,” he said.
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