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New App Shows How Dogs See the World

by Mihai Andrei
April 26, 2019
in News, Offbeat
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It’s common knowledge that dogs don’t see the world the same way we do, but there are a lot of misconceptions about how dogs see the world — now, a new app simply called Dog Vision shows us just how dogs see.

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Dogs are nearsighted, and they’re not good with different brightnesses (shades). Below is how a dog would see this firework show.

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Many people believe dogs see in black in white, which is simply not true; their vision is more similar to blurry color-blindness, with less sensitivity to shades of grey. Dog Vision takes into consideration what we know and transforms images into their “how doggy sees this” equivalent. The differences are evident.

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dog2 - DogVision

First of all, dogs see less colors than we do. The cone cells in our eyes are responsible for day vision and color perception; each cone detects a different wavelength of light, so we can see a broad spectrum of colors. Dogs have cone cells too, but unlike humans who have three types of cones, they have only two, like red-green colorblind people. This makes their color vision very limited.

Dogs are also very short sighted – a special test, custom-made for dogs, puts them at around 20/75 vision, according to Psychology Today. This means a human could barely see at 23 metres (75 feet) is what a dog can just about make out at 6 metres (20 feet).They are also worse than us at detecting brightness differences (shades).

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dog3 - DogVision

But don’t feel bad about our canine friends – while sight may not be their best sense, they more than compensate with their other senses.

So, head on and experiment with your own pictures – maybe of yourself – to see how your dog sees the world around him!

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