AR-Enhanced Experimentation in Visual Perception

In this activity, students engage in an interactive model experiment to map the visual field response of a Panoptes robotic eye. Inspired by Greek mythology’s Argus Panoptes—the all-seeing guardian giant with 100 eyes—this system serves as a bio-inspired platform for studying robotic vision and retinal prosthetics.

With AR-enhanced simulations, students can:

  • Interact with 3D models of the human visual system, tracing how light is captured, transmitted, and interpreted in the primary visual cortex.
  • Simulate eye diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration to understand how vision impairment affects perception.
  • Overlay real-time AR visualizations onto the Panoptes system, illustrating how different optical stimuli impact robotic and biological vision processing.

These interactive AR experiences allow learners to experiment with visual stimuli, modify sensor configurations, and observe how neural pathways respond to different light patterns—mimicking real-world neuroscience research (Venkatesen et al., 2021).