ABSTRACT

Our Ancestral Eyes.................................................................................................1 The Information Age..............................................................................................2 An Eye on the Future.............................................................................................3

The eyes are simple tools designed to catch light. However, the method by which they gather, filter and guide the light, as well as the way in which our brains process the information received by the eyes, makes for the wonder of vision. In interacting with our environment, there is little to compare with the contribution of the eyes. The way we use our eyes and visual systems dictates how well we survive in our environment. In order to understand how the eyes and visual system are designed to work, we might first look at our development from a historical perspective — both physically and socially.