For clarification: I believe I understand the basics of visual processing. My question is, once all the processing is done in the brain, how is the data seemingly “projected” back to our eyes? Does the brain house some kind of virtualized map of the eyes to which it displays processed visual data?
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Once your brain processes the data its done, you percieve the image as it is.
The eyes are like cameras , only capturing the light and sending the signal , thats it.
You said you understand basic processing but all processing is, is turning the signal into a mental image you can see
It’s not projected back into your eyes. Your brain is processing the visual information and it looks like the visual is “in your eyes” because that’s the perspective you are receiving the view from. The actual interpretation is all in your mind though, the images aren’t sent back into your eyes.
It’s called the “qualia” of seeing and nobody actually knows how brain information turns into a feeling of actually seeing stuff. It’s a hard problem of conciousness that we just don’t know the answer to
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