This new online simulator may help sighted people understand a little bit more what it’s like to be visually impaired. The simulator uses Google street view and puts a filter on the images to show what it would be like to see places that you already know through the eyes of a legally blind person. Though it doesn’t illustrate what it’s like to walk through life with vision loss, it may help some people understand a little bit more of what it’s like to look through eyes that have cataracts, glaucoma or retinopathy. (The three filters available to users of the simulator.)

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This online simulator will show you what it’s like to be legally blind