if you're interested

[truepenny]

There's an article here that makes a valiant stab at describing how people with albinism see the world. Literally.

Since, obviously, I've never seen the world WITHOUT albinism, I'd be curious to hear what people who do not have albinism make of it.

Comments

[zodiacal-light.livejournal.com]

Okay, I think I get it now. The unfocused image is actually blending from one part into another, and the low-resolution image is, hm, actually sort of missing bits at the edges that would be there in the perfect image? Do I have that right?

Thank you very much for putting up with my questions. I know I'm being a bit of a nuisance...

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. Sometimes the 'bits missing' are colours, so that a smooth shading from blue to green can become a small block of blue, followed by a greener block of blue, followed by a block of turquoise, etc. It's basically an approximation of (what we percieve to be, but in fact is not) a perfect image. If the 'blocks' are larger and the number of colours are fewer, the resolution is said to be reduced and the image is more distorted.

[sam-t.livejournal.com]

Oh, and also: I'm happy to answer questions as best I can but I'm by no means an expert on any of this. Add pinch of salt as seems best to you.