Thesis Project Form
Title (tentative): Gaze-contingent altered reality for functional recovery of amblyopia| Thesis advisor(s): Sabatini Silvio P., Andrea Canessa, Federico Ferracini | E-mail: |
| Address: Via All'Opera Pia, 13 - 16145 Genova (III piano) | Phone: (+39) 010 33 52092 |
Description
Motivation and application domain
Eye vergence dysfunction is a common cause of amblyopia. Failure of binocular convergence on a single fixation point implies strabismus, which eventually prevents stereopsis. Adaptive capabilities of the visuomotor system can be exploited for designing visual therapies to reduce strabismus without surgery.
General objectives and main activities
The thesis aims to conceive, implement and assess the efficacy of a strategy to rehabilitate eye alignment by altering in real-time binocular images while executing specific fixation exercises. Gaze-contingent image alterations will be obtained by acting dichoptically on the left-eye and right-eye image content according to the binocular eye positions provided by a wearable eye-tracker. Gaze contingent visual stimulations can be provided either by a 3D monitor or through a head-mounted display.
Training Objectives (technical/analytical tools, experimental methodologies)
The student will learn to employ an array of methodologies and instrumentation, including:
• Graphic Engines (Unity3D) and Shaders
• Virtual Reality (VR) technologies, 3D monitor/projectors
• Stereoscopic rendering
• Psychophysics methodologies
• Task design and data collection with subjects
• Eye tracker calibration
• MATLAB for the analysis of data
• Graphic Engines (Unity3D) and Shaders
• Virtual Reality (VR) technologies, 3D monitor/projectors
• Stereoscopic rendering
• Psychophysics methodologies
• Task design and data collection with subjects
• Eye tracker calibration
• MATLAB for the analysis of data
Place(s) where the thesis work will be carried out:
Additional information
Maximum number of students: 2
Financial support/scholarship: None