> Two-thirds [of participants] reported medium to high user satisfaction with the device.
I don’t know much about medical trials but this seems surprisingly low to me, especially given that the study population is presumably predisposed to liking the device (since they opted-in to an experimental study).
Did the implant not work in these cases or were there other quality-of-life issues? I wish university press releases on science were less rah-rah and presented more factual information. I guess that’s what the NEJM article is for.
It seems that it’s black on white, forms, and reading involves adjusting zoom and brightness until you focus a single word at a time?
And it still uses your regular peripheral vision so the experience merging the two might be uncomfortable.
Not discounting the success at all, but anything messing with your senses is probably very hard to adapt to unless it’s pretty much a perfect match with the experience you’re used to.