App that augments what is shown on the screen to match corrective lenses...possible?

[thevoiceless]

Full disclosure: I'm a bit loopy after getting my wisdom teeth out, so I may not be thinking straight, but I have a quick question about an app idea (I'm assuming this would be the correct place to post). I have no idea if something like this is possible, but could an app be created that mimics the functionality of corrective lenses? As in, if you specify whatever your eyesight is, something other than 20/20, could the app augment the way things are shown on the display to compensate for that? Physics is probably working against me here, but I figured someone on XDA would know if this could be done.

 

[Gahh Its Lee]

Personally I have horrible vision and I can look at the camera and see perfectly fine since it makes the image all of a foot away instead of the twenty feet that it really is... I hope that makes sense to others.

Sent from my Incredible using XDA App

 

[thevoiceless]

That is true...I guess this wouldn't be very useful since the phone will be close to the person using it

 

[luvit]

So you're wanting an app that makes the phone and it's fonts do the correctiveness.. This would be cool, and should be possible for very basic eye problems, but the dev may have to assume both eyes are equally weak or the same prescription, but allow customizing per person.
The dev may have to be savvy on optimity.

 

[thevoiceless]

So you're wanting an app that makes the phone and it's fonts do the correctiveness.. This would be cool, and should be possible for very basic eye problems, but the dev may have to assume both eyes are equally weak or the same prescription, but allow customizing per person.
The dev may have to be savvy on optimity.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. I don't really know how to do it, it was just an idea

 

[luvit]

I think it would be cool.. You know how some far-sighted users can barely read anything at arm's reach.. Like they need longer arms.

 

[thevoiceless]

It would be cool...the question is, is it possible?

 

[luvit]

I was thinking, with all the high-res pc screens being around for so long, and a pc app like this has not been created, yet, I don't think this would be possible on the lower resolution if the phones.

Another reason this may not work [well], it's that my father-in-law used to use a manual-focus camera and film. During his final years , he continued to shoot pics without his eye glasses and he would focus to his naked eye. The end result was a blurry pic that even looked burry to him.
I write this example to sample the complexity of the issue.

I think this is possible, but terribly complex from person to person. I may have access to a doctor at work for their feed back.