In fact, why stop at stimulating the optic cortex? Stimulate the systems,
conscious and unconscious, that get output from the optic cortex. Then we
won't be limited to only being able to see things in front of us, or
restricted to a mere three primary colors, or a mere ten million pixels of
resolution.
It is well known to people who take hallucinogens that it is possible to
perceive colors more saturated than any real percept, as well as images of
far finer resolution. This indicates to me that there are internal
representational channels in the visual system whose capabilities are
*never* fully exploited by everyday life. If we could modulate them with
meaningful signals, we could make the world both more beaytiful and more
informative.
--CarlF