What is Strabismus
If you have strabismus, you belong to a group that constitutes 5% of the population, making it more prevalent than commonly perceived. Strabismus typically precedes Amblyopia and is the primary cause of 3D blindness, also known as Monocular Vision or Stereo Blindness. As with any medical treatment Therapy offers no guarantees, however as the technology continues to improve success rates naturally follow.
Strabismus often involves one eye deviating slightly from the other resulting in an unusual appearance and monocular vision.
Conditions within the medical realm that can lead to a lack of stereopsis encompass:
Younger individuals with strabismus may unknowingly experience poor hand-to-eye coordination, compromised sporting abilities, and difficulties in concentration while reading and learning.
As individuals age, heightened self-awareness of their condition may lead to additional challenges. This awareness can result in a lack of self-confidence, particularly in face-to-face interactions with new or unfamiliar people, significantly impacting both personal and professional relationships.
Having developed Equal-Eyes, I draw from personal experience, understanding that you, or someone dear to you, might share a similar situation prior to this therapy.
Before the advent of VR technology, viable options within my budget were nonexistent. Traditional methods, such as patching in childhood, proved unsuccessful in my case. The positive shift is evident now—times have changed, offering new avenues. If this alone sparks hope within you, I encourage you to continue reading.
For the cost of a single therapist visit, you can acquire this exerciser as a complement to your ongoing therapy. However, I recommend exploring the provided videos and information. My aim is to offer enlightenment and guidance through your visit to this site..
Visual Therapy Help
People have overlooked visual therapy (VT) as a way to help recover from various issues related to strabismus, amblyopia, head injuries, or brain trauma. Recently, true awareness about the benefits of visual therapy to resolve these ailments has emerged. Check out this eye-opening documentary on the innovative approach of VT.
Home Therapy
Strabismus Home Therapy
The philosophy behind Equal-Eyes stems from extensive research, drawing not just from the developer's personal journey but also from the insights shared by credible authors and testimonials. Below is an excerpt exemplifying one such article that iterates the use of dichoptic presentation rather than patching.
Amblyopia
Do You Suffer with Strabismus?
Many individuals with Strabismus or Lazy Eye might remain unaware of their condition. They could perceive what they consider to be normal 3D vision. The brain learns to simulate depth using visual cues, often unconsciously prompting head movements to gauge depth. For instance, a visual cue helps determine whether the ship is in front of or behind the bridge.
Strabismus can unfortunately lead to various psychological effects, particularly when it alters one's appearance. This can result in self-consciousness and feelings of insecurity when interacting with others. Additionally, it may lead to concentration issues, reading difficulties, and significantly impact one's educational journey.
Therapeutic solutions exist for this condition, typically requiring costly visits to clinics and spanning months to years for completion.
Surgery stands as an option to enhance aesthetics and boost confidence, yet it doesn't address 3D perception. Having undergone surgery myself as the developer of Equal-Eyes, I affirm its confidence-boosting effects. Nevertheless, I advocate for prioritizing access to visual therapy before contemplating surgical intervention.
Strabismus Therapy
Dichoptic Exercises
We offer Equal-Eyes as a dichoptic training solution to support your therapy conveniently in your own environment, tailored to accommodate your budgetary needs.
We offer two options:
What does it involve?
Equal Eyes provides a series of exercises tailored for a recommended one-hour daily routine. These exercises present subtly different images to each eye, aimed at overcoming occlusion caused by the weaker eye. The software is engineered to prompt the brain to fuse these images during training, gradually forming a cohesive three-dimensional perception.
Following the initial alignment, the dominant eye's image is adjusted by reducing brightness and/or defocusing. This prompts the weaker eye to engage. Once the brain achieves a balanced perception, the exercises can commence. Detailed descriptions of these exercises are available on this site.
Hardware Required to use Equal-Eyes
The Oculus Quest 2, 3S & 3
The latest Meta Quest 3S is a fully featured Wearable Head Mounted Display. The Q3S retails around $499 $299 USD while the Q3 retails around $499 USD.
Equal-Eyes run on the full range of Oculus (Meta) headsets from the Quest 1 upwards with only the 64G memory option. Good deals may be found on Ebay for these earlier models.
Click this link to purchase the Oculus Quest 3S or 3.
You'll get your $47 Meta Quest Store credit if you purchase via the above links once you've activated your headset.
The VR Box Mobile Phone HMD
This is widely available through all local outlets of PC hardware and typically retails at less than $30
About Avalonweb VR
3D Design at Avalonweb
Avalonweb VR was founded by Mark Boyce, an electronic, electrical and software engineer with over 30 years experience. He has also been a sufferer of Strabismus since birth. His past four years have been committed to studying the techniques employed by Visual Therapy Clinics and the technology required to deliver this therapy into the homes of fellow sufferers.
Also in his portfolio, is the development of extensive 3D add-ons created for the Microsoft Flight Simulator. This is testament to his experience in the 3D digital world. This work can be seen here
Entry Level Bonus
If you do not already own an Oculus Quest (Meta Quest), if you later wish to upgrade to the Oculus from the Android mobile version, we will provide you the Quest application at 50% of the retail price.
Support and Upgrades
In addition to the current release of software, you will be entitled to 1 month of free upgrades!
New releases are released frequently, providing exercise enhancements and new games.
We also offer a 30 day no quibble money back guaranty from the date of purchase.
After purchase the software is yours to keep. Should you wish to continue to receive updates and new features beyond the first three months. We will soon be offering a monthly subscription. As a subscribed member, you will receive ALL updates free of charge. Note: Only one membership term per user is available.
Accessories
Are you frustrated having to wear prescription glasses whilst using your headset? Please visit Reloptix on the link below.
Quote Avalon for a 5% discount when you use the links below
Reloptix offers magnetic VR prescription and VR non-prescription lens inserts for a flat price regardless of Prescription. We include at no additional cost, Premium Antiglare with Blue light filtering. We also include thinner lenses using High Index lenses for Free!
