[pharrington]

This is some really cool tech. But while light frequencies can obviously be translated into other media we can perceive, "color" as such always comes attached with a ton of spacial information, so I wonder how well the eyeborg conveys that? It seems like this would feel like being extremely nearsighted, which is suggested when he mentions getting close to peoples' faces when doing portraits. I also wonder how much this is a constraint of the technology, and how much are the limits of our sense perception? For example, if the device were able to encode arbitrarily specific spacial information, could one train themselves to be able to instantly distinguish among 100s of unique, simultaneous sounds (like we do with sight), or would the experience always be din?