Systems and methods for assessing the impact of environmental factors on vision through simulated exposures

Abstract

A user's visual efficacy can be evaluated via a virtual reality (VR) system, which can include a VR headset in electronic communication with a computing device. The computing device causes virtual environments with various environmental factors to be displayed on the VR headset. Using varying combinations of eye-tracking sensors, eye-tracking cameras, motion-tracking sensors, handheld devices, and microphones, the VR headset collects data about the user as she completes various tasks while enduring various environmental factors in the virtual environment. Optionally, advanced algorithms in the computing device can dynamically alter the visual tasks and analyze a degree to which the user successfully completes the visual tasks evaluate the impact of the environmental factors on the user's vision.

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