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The Fred Hollows Foundation Launches Sight Simulator
The Fred Hollows Foundation has launched an online Sight Simulator to understand what loss of vision is really like.
Using Google Street View, you can search for a familiar address or iconic landmarks and view them with a varying severity of vision loss due to cataracts, glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy. You'll see that famous places like the Sydney Opera House are hard to identify with dense cataracts or severe diabetic retinopathy, and even familiar locations like your home or workplace can become unrecognisable. As you explore the street view around you, facts about avoidable blindness will pop up on the screen. For example, did you know that cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide? Or that everyone who has diabetes is at risk of developing diabetic retinopathy?
It’s difficult to imagine living without full eyesight - but the Sight Simulator might give you some idea.
To experience the Sight Simulator goto: www.hollows.org/sightsimulator/