Our initial thought to combat the debilitating nature of Homonymous Hemianopia (HH) was to explore a device much like that of GoogleGlass. The camera would take in a livestream of the surroundings, crop the lost visual field, and display it on a mounted LCD screen. The user would be able to see objects outside of their visual field through a small Heads-Up Display.

Although there were many uncertainties with this initial design such as the possibility of more obstruction, the screen capabilities, and the circuity power supply a larger problem became apparent. During a design review presentation, it became evident that the audience had an extremely hard time conceptualizing and visualizing the disease state. Therefore, we changed our outlook and developed a plan to construct a device that could allow engineers and physicians the ability to see how a patient with HH visualizes their surroundings.

Based on the feedback we received, during the design review meeting, a new concept was built on the premise of virtual reality. A smartphone would be utilized to provide three different scenarios to the user through creating a virtual reality application:

1. Normal Vision: Use phone's camera to livestream user's surroundings

2. Homonymous Hemianopia Vision: Alter a pre-recorded video and/or livestream to demonstrate HH vision for a user with healthy vision.

3. Helpful solution to someone with Homonymous Hemianopia: Add a heads-up display on top of a livestream video to provide superior awareness than current solutions.