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Binocular View
To use Cardboard with a binocular view, both lenses
are to be kept within the device, and the smartphone
should be placed into the standard position. An
opening should be available in the Cardboard facing
the patient for the camera to have a view looking
outward; however, in the absence of such an opening,
it can be produced with minimal difculty, creating an
opening in the cardboard carefully with a utility or
craft knife.
Split-screen applications are available in both Apple
and Android app stores, allowing the view through the
camera to be seen simultaneously by both eyes.
Fixation of an independent light-emitting diode pro-
vides for exibility in the choice of applications, as not
all of them use the continuous light source of the
smartphone.
Results
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NEW INSTRUMENTS 3
of information on the screen and rapid refresh rate can using phone technology during the course of treating
provide for adequate adjustment. For phones that patients, whereas only 28% reported using computers.4
support a 120-Hz refresh rate, often associated with Imaging-oriented specialties such as ophthalmology
slow motion settings, optimal real-time visualization would obtain particularly signicant benets from this
can be achieved. For the Android, the authors found inexpensive technology.
that the standard video and photography application is Key words: Google Cardboard, indirect ophthal-
helpful for its voice activation ability. moscopy, retinal imaging.
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