Visual Acuity, Week 7

Progress:

The application is done and ready for testing. I’ve run it on myself and a few friends thus far with consistent enough results to merit further tests. I’ve finished the UI finally, and the rest of the code needed to make the different components communicate. A user is now able to transition between tests, and return to the start screen / abort tests as desired.

While the application will calculate a Snellen letter score, and it seems to put out something close to physical tests, I’m not sure I’m sizing the letters right (which for me means adjusting the distance the C object moves each time).

Struggles:

The actual letter size still alludes me. Mostly because all of the information out there on sizing Snellen letters for a LogMAR test pertains to physical tests, where the actual size of the letter is first measured, then scaled to append 5 minutes of arc at different test distances.

Next Week

  • Talk with Alex and/or Kevin about further testing
  • Go over design, come up with features for custom tests
  • Try on other HMDs (not vive)