Re: [HOE] Night Vision Scopes/Depth Perception

[Robert Holland <robert@macauley.com>]

>>And something else occurs to me as a result of this. Do cyborgs using night
>>vision/spirit sight/etc. eyes get monoptic penalties?
>
>I've thought about that before.  I've decided that the eyes take their
>signals, and then simply route the signals to both optic nerve bundles,
>which project the augmented view onto both the deader's eyes.  This should
>be fairly simple, since they mention something similar when describing the
>Antenna implant.  This lets the surgeons cram more vision augs into a cyborg
>for less of a cost in removed meat.  That's my take, anyway.

Makes sense, I suppose. You'd probably only get enhanced peripheral vision on
the side with the eye (unless you cut your nose off or something, which I
suppose you could do), which might give you surprise penalties if you're
blindsided.

--Robert Holland