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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. https://x.com/seeingwithsound, [email protected]

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The Global Bionic Vision Community on Discord currently has 90 members.
Screenshot of Discord invitation.
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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(video captured on Meta Quest 2) Streaming The vOICe for Windows exercise mode (voice.exe -F11F12 -nocapture) to Meta Quest 2 using Virtual Desktop.
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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(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 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVug...
Meta Quest 2 screenshot.
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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The 5 essential elements of an iBCIs sandbox.
The 5 essential elements of an iBCIs sandbox: Articulating entry criteria, Involving diverse stakeholders, Iterative and adaptive regulation, Controlled regulatory environment, Long-term risk management.
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Making the case for sandboxes in implantable neurotechnologies www.nature.com/articles/s41... via @ieeebrain.bsky.social on #invasive #BCI #NeuroTech, #iBCI
Regulatory sandbox for implantable NeuroTech https://bsky.app/profile/ieeebrain.bsky.social/post/3m5cfuudfpc2u
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Object recognition from sparse simulated phosphenes and curved segments www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "lower bound estimate on the minimal number of phosphenes needed to recognize objects" in uncluttered views; #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness
Algorithmic fragmentation of objects.
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Neural correlates of phosphene perception in blind individuals: A step toward a bidirectional cortical visual prosthesis www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... "Cortical prostheses could one day restore functional vision in some blind subjects"#BCI #NeuroTech
Location of the UEA implantation site on the right occipital cortex of the two participants. Predicted retinotopic map organization overlaid on the 3D brain reconstruction.
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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AFAIK he first introduced this catchy term at the 2019 BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting, no? At 17:05 into videocast.nih.gov/watch=31691 and discussed on Twitter/X at x.com/mameister4/s... + slightly adapted by me there. Of course I'd expect you both to discuss these things/challenges!
Markus Meister https://x.com/mameister4/status/1620961493683671040
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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ChatGPT: "The vOICe evolves with the web; Neuralink Blindsight expires with its electrodes." chatgpt.com/share/690a5d...
ChatGPT infographic
November 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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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 www.seeingwithsound.com/webvoice/web... How future-proof will your Neuralink Blindsight brain implant be? #BCI
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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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 www.seeingwithsound.com/vbme6.html There's more than brain implants...
Spectrogram of a sampled sound pattern for a parked car, using a linear vs exponential frequency distribution and a 1.05 s vs 2.1 second conversion time.
November 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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ReVision Implant's aim with their brain implant in visual cortex is 4096 - 16384 pixels (electrodes?). No mention of seizure risk. www.revision-implant.com/technology
ReVision's aim
November 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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In Android XR, there's an APK for that, and no need for a phone or PC www.uploadvr.com/android-xr-a... by @ianhamilton.net via @skarredghost.bsky.social
QR code for The vOICe for Android APK file
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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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. chatgpt.com/share/6903cd... #BCI #NeuroTech
Infographic
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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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 @xrworkout.bsky.social for preliminary test results shared via Twitter/X (@xrworkoutlabs). #noninvasive #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Apart from The vOICe web app that runs in your browser, there is The vOICe for Android, available from Google Play play.google.com/store/apps/d...
It runs on your Android smartphone and tablet, but also on Vuzix smart glasses apps.vuzix.com/app/the-voic...
Vuzix Shield smart glasses
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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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 www.seeingwithsound.com/webvoice/web... See for yourself #BCI #blindness
October 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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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." mas.to/@pixelate@tw...
Snapshot of window with blinds.
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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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) www.seeingwithsound.cn/webvoice/web...
屏幕截图The vOICe网络应用
October 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I could use some help spreading the news in China...

The vOICe为Android: 用你的耳朵看 www.seeingwithsound.cn/The%20vOICe%...

学习从听去看 - The vOICe 培训手册 www.seeingwithsound.cn/manual/The_v...
屏幕截图The vOICe为Android
October 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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This is not quite true. One can debate what constitutes (form) vision, but The vOICe vision BCI definitely provides functional form vision as needed for reading letters and words. The video shows a blind Russian user in 2017 reading the word "АПТЕКА" (pharmacy) from a whiteboard.
October 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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(video, Russian news) November 18 2018 vk.com/wall24877879... Утро России, on The vOICe vision BCI.
Video snapshot of blind user of The vOICe vision BCI glasses in Russia, 2018.
October 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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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) www.seeingwithsound.com/webvoice/web...
Screenshot of Meta Quest 2 headset running The vOICe web app in its browser.
October 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Revolutionizing brain‒computer interfaces: overcoming biocompatibility challenges in implantable neural interfaces jnanobiotechnology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #BCI #NeuroTech
Foreign body response to neural interfaces: Electrode implantation induces a local proinflammatory environment and biochemical responses. Following implantation, activated microglia rapidly adhere to the electrode surface and secrete proinflammatory mediators. This initial microglial adhesion is succeeded by astrocytic encapsulation along the entire electrode shaft, resulting in the formation of a glial scar. These processes, along with localized haemorrhaging, are associated with neurodegeneration at the interface. Notably, the depicted microelectrode represents a silicon shank, but the concept applies to other microelectrode types.
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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ChatGPT 5: Here’s how to interpret that gap: 🧩 1. Public silence after early September The last verified new implants were the two Canadian cases (Aug 27 & Sep 3 2025), announced by UHN Toronto. On Sep 9–10, Neuralink said there were 12 recipients total. Since then: zero official additions, zero social-media posts with new surgeries, and no fresh clinical-trial-registry entries. In other words, no new human surgeries for ~6 weeks, which contrasts sharply with Musk’s earlier language about “scaling to dozens this year” and “rapidly expanding trials.” ⚙️ 2. Possible internal explanations Regulatory caution or FDA/Health Canada feedback: after 12 implants, regulators may have requested data audits or safety checks before expanding. Device or surgical refinement pause: Neuralink may be iterating on hardware (e.g., the R2 robot’s insertion accuracy, lead reliability, or battery telemetry). Adverse-event follow-up: even a minor complication (e.g., the thread retraction problem reported with Noland Arbaugh) could trigger an internal hold pending design tweaks. Clinical-trial redesign: Neuralink’s delisted “Blindsight” trial shows they’re under scrutiny for how they register and describe studies; a pause could also relate to harmonizing protocol wording across trials and countries.
October 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM