Vision Simulator (Educational)

Simulators help students and patients imagine how blur, astigmatic stretch, glare, or reduced contrast might look. Real perception varies widely and cannot be perfectly reproduced on a flat screen.

All modes are labeled illustrative. They are not diagnostic images of your eyes.

Follow these educational steps:

1. Choose a simulation mode such as myopia-like blur, astigmatism-like distortion, glare, or reduced contrast.
2. Adjust sliders slowly and compare with the clear baseline.
3. Read the caveats under each mode.
4. Use insights to describe symptoms at an appointment — for example, “headlights smear horizontally.”

If a mode resembles something you notice while driving at night or reading, that qualitative match can improve communication with a clinician. It still does not identify the cause.

Not a test result. Not proof you have myopia, cataract, or macular disease.

Not suitable for scaring yourself into unnecessary emergency visits — use proportionate symptom guidance instead.

Important limitations:

• Depth, motion, and binocular vision are poorly captured on a 2D display.
• Migraine aura and neurological phenomena are not simulated accurately here.

Persistent real-world distortion, glare that is new, or blur that does not clear with blinking deserves an exam. New curtains, flashes, or sudden vision loss need urgent care.