enhanced vision

Improved visual perception

Enhanced vision refers to sight that has been improved beyond normal human capability, whether through technology, biological modification, or supernatural means.

Night-vision goggles provide enhanced vision in darkness.

In fiction, characters may possess enhanced vision as a superpower: Her enhanced vision let her read the license plate from two miles away.

The term appears in aviation for cockpit systems that augment pilot visibility in poor conditions.

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telescopic · see in the dark · infrared · eagle-eyed · eagle eye · sharp · binoculars · microscopic · augmented · heads-up display · cybernetic · bionic eye · goggles · heat signature · ultraviolet · implant · lens · perception

Opposites
visual capability level

enhanced visionimpaired vision

Reduced ability to see

blindness · poor vision · visual impairment · sightlessness · total blindness

natural versus augmented

enhanced visionnormal vision

Unimpaired sight capacity

naked eye

perceptual range

enhanced visiontunnel vision

Inability to see periphery

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G