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Comment author: [deleted] 28 May 2011 02:00:40PM 1 point [-]

I should have been more precise. I was born without a fully formed right eye - it has no lens and does not transmit a signal to my brain. Therefore, no "therapy" can improve my Vision Onefold. People in my situation (monocular blindness from birth) are extremely rare, so your assumption is understandable.

I can get around in 3D space just fine, and I'm extremely good at first-person shooters, so I know I'm not missing much. (Coincidentally, I have no interest in physical sports.) The wiggle images do "work" for me.

(On the other hand, "Possession of a single Eye is said to make the bearer equivalent to royalty.")