The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺
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The vOICe? OIC? Oh I see! Think different: vision for the blind through sound-guided mental imagery, feedback@seeingwithsound.com #neuroscience #neurotech #searchable
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Stare-down between a female blind user of The vOICe vision BCI glasses and a male blind recipient of a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant (AI-generated video clip). For the serious part, visit https://artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm #bci #neurotech #blindness #ar/#XR
December 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Stare-down between a female blind user of The vOICe vision BCI glasses and a male blind recipient of a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant (AI-generated video clip). For the serious part, visit https://artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm #bci #neurotech #blindness #ar/#XR
(image) Map of users of The vOICe for Android in the past 30 minutes https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vOICe.vOICe #bci #neurotech
November 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
(image) Map of users of The vOICe for Android in the past 30 minutes https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vOICe.vOICe #bci #neurotech
(YouTube) Video captured on Meta Quest 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrHRQz6MOS4
Streaming The vOICe for Windows exercise mode (voice.exe -F11F12 -nocapture) to Meta Quest 2 using Virtual Desktop.
Streaming The vOICe for Windows exercise mode (voice.exe -F11F12 -nocapture) to Meta Quest 2 using Virtual Desktop.
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
(YouTube) Video captured on Meta Quest 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrHRQz6MOS4
Streaming The vOICe for Windows exercise mode (voice.exe -F11F12 -nocapture) to Meta Quest 2 using Virtual Desktop.
Streaming The vOICe for Windows exercise mode (voice.exe -F11F12 -nocapture) to Meta Quest 2 using Virtual Desktop.
(screenshot) Streaming The vOICe for Windows exercise mode (voice.exe -F11F12 -nocapture) to Meta Quest 2 using Virtual Desktop Streamer, while comfortably lying down; YouTube exercise video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVugtxWmW4E
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
(screenshot) Streaming The vOICe for Windows exercise mode (voice.exe -F11F12 -nocapture) to Meta Quest 2 using Virtual Desktop Streamer, while comfortably lying down; YouTube exercise video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVugtxWmW4E
The 5 essential elements of an iBCIs sandbox.
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The 5 essential elements of an iBCIs sandbox.
Making the case for sandboxes in implantable neurotechnologies https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65584-4 on #invasive #bci #neurotech, #ibci
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Making the case for sandboxes in implantable neurotechnologies https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65584-4 on #invasive #bci #neurotech, #ibci
Object recognition from sparse simulated phosphenes and curved segments https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042698925001798 "lower bound estimate on the minimal number of phosphenes needed to recognize objects" in uncluttered views; #bci #neurotech #blindness
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Object recognition from sparse simulated phosphenes and curved segments https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042698925001798 "lower bound estimate on the minimal number of phosphenes needed to recognize objects" in uncluttered views; #bci #neurotech #blindness
Neural correlates of phosphene perception in blind individuals: A step toward a bidirectional cortical visual prosthesis https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv8846 "Cortical prostheses could one day restore functional vision in some blind subjects"#bci […]
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November 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Neural correlates of phosphene perception in blind individuals: A step toward a bidirectional cortical visual prosthesis https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv8846 "Cortical prostheses could one day restore functional vision in some blind subjects"#bci […]
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As long as (even old) web standards remain supported, The vOICe vision BCI has unlimited lifetime as a web app and will run on future smartglasses & headsets that do not even exist yet https://www.seeingwithsound.com/webvoice/webvoice.htm How future-proof will your […]
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November 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
As long as (even old) web standards remain supported, The vOICe vision BCI has unlimited lifetime as a web app and will run on future smartglasses & headsets that do not even exist yet https://www.seeingwithsound.com/webvoice/webvoice.htm How future-proof will your […]
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Current state-of-the-art? This was the state of the art for The vOICe vision BCI peer-reviewed and published back in 1992 for several combinations of parameter settings in visual-to-auditory sensory substitution https://www.seeingwithsound.com/vbme6.html There's more than brain implants...
November 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Current state-of-the-art? This was the state of the art for The vOICe vision BCI peer-reviewed and published back in 1992 for several combinations of parameter settings in visual-to-auditory sensory substitution https://www.seeingwithsound.com/vbme6.html There's more than brain implants...
ReVision Implant's aim with their brain implant in visual cortex is 4096 - 16384 pixels (electrodes?). No mention of seizure risk. https://www.revision-implant.com/technology
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
ReVision Implant's aim with their brain implant in visual cortex is 4096 - 16384 pixels (electrodes?). No mention of seizure risk. https://www.revision-implant.com/technology
In Android XR, there's an APK for that, and no need for a phone or PC https://www.uploadvr.com/android-xr-apk-for-that-no-need-for-pc-phone/
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
In Android XR, there's an APK for that, and no need for a phone or PC https://www.uploadvr.com/android-xr-apk-for-that-no-need-for-pc-phone/
To ChatGPT: What will be the likely "Butcher number" of a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant in visual cortex? Butcher number (Meister, 2019): the number ratio of damaged or killed neurons and stimulated or recorded neurons […]
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October 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
To ChatGPT: What will be the likely "Butcher number" of a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant in visual cortex? Butcher number (Meister, 2019): the number ratio of damaged or killed neurons and stimulated or recorded neurons […]
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Blind user of The vOICe: "Anyway I spun around a few times, and then tried to find the window again, and I did it! There's also another window behind my couch which is a bit longer." https://mas.to/@pixelate@tweesecake.social/115443369491552136
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Blind user of The vOICe: "Anyway I spun around a few times, and then tried to find the window again, and I did it! There's also another window behind my couch which is a bit longer." https://mas.to/@pixelate@tweesecake.social/115443369491552136
Wonderful news: both The vOICe for Android and The vOICe web app (PWA) work fine on the new Samsung Galaxy XR (Android XR) headset! Many thanks to Michael Gschwandtner for preliminary test results shared via Twitter/X (@xrworkoutlabs). #noninvasive #bci #neurotech #blindness
October 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Wonderful news: both The vOICe for Android and The vOICe web app (PWA) work fine on the new Samsung Galaxy XR (Android XR) headset! Many thanks to Michael Gschwandtner for preliminary test results shared via Twitter/X (@xrworkoutlabs). #noninvasive #bci #neurotech #blindness
Apart from The vOICe web app that runs in your browser, there is The vOICe for Android, available from Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vOICe.vOICe
It runs on your Android smartphone and tablet, but also on Vuzix smart glasses https://apps.vuzix.com/app/the-voice-for-android
It runs on your Android smartphone and tablet, but also on Vuzix smart glasses https://apps.vuzix.com/app/the-voice-for-android
October 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Apart from The vOICe web app that runs in your browser, there is The vOICe for Android, available from Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vOICe.vOICe
It runs on your Android smartphone and tablet, but also on Vuzix smart glasses https://apps.vuzix.com/app/the-voice-for-android
It runs on your Android smartphone and tablet, but also on Vuzix smart glasses https://apps.vuzix.com/app/the-voice-for-android
Nowadays, with #ai realism increasing almost daily, every visual prosthesis announcement or report could be fake or over-the-top, except for The vOICe vision BCI, because you can try it yourself in your own home environment […]
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October 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Nowadays, with #ai realism increasing almost daily, every visual prosthesis announcement or report could be fake or over-the-top, except for The vOICe vision BCI, because you can try it yourself in your own home environment […]
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或者，您可以尝试 The vOICe 网络应用 (在您的浏览器中运行) https://www.seeingwithsound.cn/webvoice/webvoice.htm?hl=cn
If you are Chinese, you are are welcome to share on WeChat, because we need you to bridge language barriers. 如果你是中国人，欢迎你在微信上分享，因为我们需要你来跨越语言障碍。
If you are Chinese, you are are welcome to share on WeChat, because we need you to bridge language barriers. 如果你是中国人，欢迎你在微信上分享，因为我们需要你来跨越语言障碍。
October 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
或者，您可以尝试 The vOICe 网络应用 (在您的浏览器中运行) https://www.seeingwithsound.cn/webvoice/webvoice.htm?hl=cn
If you are Chinese, you are are welcome to share on WeChat, because we need you to bridge language barriers. 如果你是中国人，欢迎你在微信上分享，因为我们需要你来跨越语言障碍。
If you are Chinese, you are are welcome to share on WeChat, because we need you to bridge language barriers. 如果你是中国人，欢迎你在微信上分享，因为我们需要你来跨越语言障碍。
I could use some help spreading the news in China...
The vOICe为Android: 用你的耳朵看 https://www.seeingwithsound.cn/The%20vOICe%E4%B8%BAAndroid.htm
学习从听去看 - The vOICe 培训手册 https://www.seeingwithsound.cn/manual/The_vOICe_%E5%9F%B9%E8%AE%AD%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C_cn.htm
The vOICe为Android: 用你的耳朵看 https://www.seeingwithsound.cn/The%20vOICe%E4%B8%BAAndroid.htm
学习从听去看 - The vOICe 培训手册 https://www.seeingwithsound.cn/manual/The_vOICe_%E5%9F%B9%E8%AE%AD%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C_cn.htm
October 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I could use some help spreading the news in China...
The vOICe为Android: 用你的耳朵看 https://www.seeingwithsound.cn/The%20vOICe%E4%B8%BAAndroid.htm
学习从听去看 - The vOICe 培训手册 https://www.seeingwithsound.cn/manual/The_vOICe_%E5%9F%B9%E8%AE%AD%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C_cn.htm
The vOICe为Android: 用你的耳朵看 https://www.seeingwithsound.cn/The%20vOICe%E4%B8%BAAndroid.htm
学习从听去看 - The vOICe 培训手册 https://www.seeingwithsound.cn/manual/The_vOICe_%E5%9F%B9%E8%AE%AD%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C_cn.htm
A few technical issues with our Chinese web domain http://seeingwithsound.cn/?hl=cn have been resolved. Welcoming working with Chinese scientists now that many US scientists are in a difficult position. We work globally, nothing less, and we are well ahead of Musk's […]
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October 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A few technical issues with our Chinese web domain http://seeingwithsound.cn/?hl=cn have been resolved. Welcoming working with Chinese scientists now that many US scientists are in a difficult position. We work globally, nothing less, and we are well ahead of Musk's […]
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(video, Russian news) November 18 2018 https://vk.com/wall248778798_583 Утро России, on The vOICe vision BCI.
October 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
(video, Russian news) November 18 2018 https://vk.com/wall248778798_583 Утро России, on The vOICe vision BCI.
Utterly useless, but the Meta Quest 2 headset can now show and sound your avatar with The vOICe vision BCI web app running in its browser (Meta unfortunately still blocks access to the live passthrough camera view) https://www.seeingwithsound.com/webvoice/webvoice.htm
October 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Utterly useless, but the Meta Quest 2 headset can now show and sound your avatar with The vOICe vision BCI web app running in its browser (Meta unfortunately still blocks access to the live passthrough camera view) https://www.seeingwithsound.com/webvoice/webvoice.htm
A Russian user of The vOICe vision BCI glasses did somewhat similar word-by-word reading (and much more) back in 2017 (via https://x.com/seeingwithsound/status/945704314168856576)
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A Russian user of The vOICe vision BCI glasses did somewhat similar word-by-word reading (and much more) back in 2017 (via https://x.com/seeingwithsound/status/945704314168856576)
Revolutionizing brain‒computer interfaces: overcoming biocompatibility challenges in implantable neural interfaces https://jnanobiotechnology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12951-025-03573-x #bci #neurotech
October 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Revolutionizing brain‒computer interfaces: overcoming biocompatibility challenges in implantable neural interfaces https://jnanobiotechnology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12951-025-03573-x #bci #neurotech
