In the fictional Star Trek universe, a VISOR is a device used to scan the electromagnetic spectrum, create visual input, and transmit it into the brain of the wearer via the optic nerves. It is a thin, curved device, with the sensors on the convex side, that covers the eyes and attaches at small input jacks implanted in the temples. The only known VISORs were used by the Enterprise-D's chief engineer, Geordi LaForge, who has been naturally blindBlindness can be defined physiologically as the condition of lacking sight. The definition as it applies to people thus legally classified is, however, more complex. The term "blindness" also applies to partial visual impairment: In North America and most from birth. VISOR ostensibly stands for "Visual Instrument and Sight Organ Replacement", but this is most likely a backronymA backronym is an acronym created by back-formation from a word that was not previously an acronym. It may also be an alternative expansion of an existing acronym, often to comical effect. Backronym creation is a common form of wordplay. The word "backron.In realityReality in everyday usage means "everything that exists. The term "Reality," in its most liberal sense, includes everything that is, whether or not it is observable, accessible or understandable by science, philosophy, theology or any other system of anal, a news story was recently released stating that a group of scientists and doctors are researching as to whether a device similar to a VISOR can actually be created for blind or visually-impaired people.
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