Methods and Systems for Enabling the Remote Testing of Vision and Diagnosis of Vision-Related Issues

A method of enabling a user to remotely test a plurality of vision characteristics of a patient, comprising:

• receiving from the user at a first computing device first data indicative of at least one of an interpupillary distance, a field of view, background dimming, ambient light level, or magnification characteristics;
• transmitting said first data to a portable vision diagnostic device remotely located from the first computing device, wherein the portable vision diagnostic device comprises a housing adapted to fit onto the patient's head, a memory physically coupled to the housing, a display physically coupled to the housing, a camera physically coupled to the housing, adapted to view a scene in front of the patient, and configured to obtain input video images of the scene, and at least one processor physically coupled to the housing and in data communication with the memory, display, and camera;
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• causing second data associated with at least one of an interpupillary distance, field of view, background dimming, ambient light level, or magnification characteristics in the portable vision diagnostic device to be modified based on said received first data, thereby modifying a visual display of the scene.