OpTiVist

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Focus Research and training on functional vision
Funding programme European Union: Horizon 2020: Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 955590
Project coördinator Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen (Netherlands)
Partners Denmark: Region Hovedstaden
Germany: Otto von Guericke Universität Magdeburg; Feelspace GmbH; Pettern Recognition Company GmbH; International Paralympic Committee 
Italy: Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologica 
Netherlands: Royal Dutch Visio; Vrije Universiteit
UK: City University of London 
Total funding €4,023,028
Duration March 2021 – February 2025
Website https://www.optivist.eu/ 

 

OptiVisT is a European research and training programme to develop ways to test, train and augment functional vision.

Functional vision is more than the ability to read an eye chart: it is the ability to use one’s eyes and visual system to perform everyday tasks and navigate the world. It covers a range of visual functions beyond just seeing clearly, including the ability to perceive contrast, colour, depth and motion, and to interpret visual information to make sense of the environment.

OptiVisT supports 15 young researchers at leading universities to conduct research and develop techniques to test and augment functional vision. They will quantify the visual demands of activities of daily living and design objective, effective and easy-to-use tests and tools of functional vision. All 15 researchers are enrolled in university programmes to obtain their doctoral degrees.

The researchers will earn a PhD and be equipped with:

  • Experimental and computational skills required to gain new, quantitative knowledge about the role of vision in complex tasks of daily life
  • Technical and engineering skills necessary to create tools for testing, training and augmenting functional vision by integrating fundamental insights with new technologies
  • Clinical and statistical skills to apply their new solutions and evaluate their effectiveness and added value
  • Entrepreneurial and leadership skills required to boost innovation, set standards in vision care, influence policies, and ensure our new solutions succeed in the real world.