BRIGHT SIGHT:
EYE STUDY
Bright Sight is a set of games for nystagmus, aiming to better measure how quickly and clearly someone can see and to track progress of the condition more accurately.
Nystagmus causes rapid, uncontrollable eye movements – up and down, side to side, or in a circular motion – causing a person to have problems with vision, depth perception, balance and coordination. Standard eye testing methods are static and don’t reflect the dynamic movements in day-to-day life. This makes it difficult to identify the severity of nystagmus in young patients and to measure their improvement. As Lead Designer on Bright Sight, I helped our team create games that test eye movement in different circumstances, the first step towards developing better diagnostic tools.
“In real life, things are moving — cars on the road, people in a crowd. These games let us measure not just clarity, but also how quickly a child can see and process what’s happening.”
Bright Sight went on to test hundreds of players and build a comprehensive data set of game performance to establish the differences between those who suffer from nystagmus and those who don’t. Our research discovered that the games are effective at picking up the differences between patients, marking an important first step in taking these diagnostic tools further.
““I’ve felt at such a loss about how Nevaeh will grow up and deal with it all, but now I feel full of hope that her eyesight could be improved.””
