Translucent Technologies

	Visual Occlusion for Behavioural Research
	PLATO Visual Occlusion Spectacles PLATO stands for Portable Liquid crystal Apparatus for Tachistoscopic Occlusion. The lenses in these glasses can independently switch from their transparent state, during which up to 90% of incident light is transmitted, to their light scattering occluding state in 3 milliseconds. The transition back to the transparent state takes approx. 1 millisecond. This gives researchers unprecedented control over the visual input to one or both eyes of human subjects, without significantly reducing the amount of light reaching their eyes (thereby minimising potential problems of adapting back and forth between light and dark). PLATO spectacles are excellent for a wide variety of human behaviour research applications.
	ToTaLcontrol Software This software was created to allow the researcher to control the PLATO glasses. It can easily use a pre-defined pattern, or it can be programmed to respond dynamically to various inputs. ToTaLcontrol runs on a PC running Microsoft Windows.
	Interested? If you would like to discuss how PLATO spectacles and the ToTaLcontrol software might be applied to your research application, and to find out about pricing and availability, please contact: Dr. Paul Milgram 4 Taddle Creek Road Toronto, Ontario, Canada     M5S 1A4 Phone/Fax: +1 - 416 - 978 - 3662 E-Mail: milgram@translucent.com