News tagged with visual experience

AMD balances Radeon deck of graphics cards

(PhysOrg.com) -- Semiconductor company AMD has taken its story of having developed next-generation GPU technology offering a "gorgeous, stunning, breathtaking visual experience" for more elite, serious gamers ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor to power Audi's next-gen infotainment and digital instrument clusters

NVIDIA announced that Audi AG has selected the NVIDIA Tegra 3 mobile processor to power in-vehicle infotainment systems -- as well as new digital instrument clusters that replace traditional dashboard gauges ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (9) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Large multi-screen display system provided for Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Japan

Sharp Corporation is providing the theme park of Huis Ten Bosch Co. with a multi-screen display system.

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neuropsychologist proves that some blind people 'see' with their ears

Dr. Olivier Collignon of the University of Montreal's Saint-Justine Hospital Research Centre compared the brain activity of people who can see and people who were born blind, and discovered that the part of the brain that ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Brain doesn't need vision at all in order to 'read' material

The portion of the brain responsible for visual reading doesn't require vision at all, according to a new study by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and France.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

The brain as a 'task machine'

The portion of the brain responsible for visual reading doesn't require vision at all, according to a new study published online on February 17 in Current Biology. Brain imaging studies of blind people as they read words ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Infants' peripheral vision blurry

Our eyes are windows to the world, but what is the visual experience of infants? We know that infant vision tends to be blurrier than adults'. Now researchers from UC Davis, UC Berkeley and Stanford University have discovered ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How white is a paper?

Whiter paper and better color reproduction are examples of important competitive advantages on an international market. But how white is a paper? And why do vacation photos turn out so dark if you don't buy ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

No experience required: Category-specific brain organization in sighted and blind humans

A new study finds a surprising similarity in the way neural circuits linked to vision process information in both sighted individuals and those who have been blind since birth. The research, published by Cell Press in the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

People who wear rose-colored glasses see more, study shows

A University of Toronto study provides the first direct evidence that our mood literally changes the way our visual system filters our perceptual experience suggesting that seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses is ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Best Visual Illusion of the Year: How a Curveball Works

(PhysOrg.com) -- Visual illusions sometimes seem to have a magical element to them, but they're actually just the brain's way of interpreting reality. In an effort to promote public knowledge of cognitive ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 2 weblog

Researchers develop camera for the blind

(PhysOrg.com) -- Elizabeth Goldring smiles as she shows a visitor photos she's taken — and can see — with her blind eye.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2