# Intracortical Visual Prosthesis Project **Domain:** Visual Neuroprosthetics / Intracortical Stimulation **Doc Type:** Research Project Node **Maturity:** Clinical research **Primary Source:** [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] ## Definition The **Intracortical Visual Prosthesis Project** is a visual-neuroprosthesis research program associated in the article cluster with [[wiki/Philip Troyk|Philip Troyk]]. It serves as an expert and experimental reference point for attempts to create visual percepts by stimulating visual cortex. ## Architectural role An intracortical visual prosthesis bypasses damaged or absent upstream visual structures by writing patterns of activity into cortex through implanted electrodes. The engineering problem includes electrode placement, percept stability, spatial resolution, stimulation safety, calibration, learning, and the translation from camera or sensor input into useful perceptual structure. ## Comparative boundary The project's relevance to [[wiki/Neuralink|Neuralink]] is comparative, not organizational. Similar interest in visual-cortex stimulation does not establish shared control, technology transfer, or equivalent clinical performance. Expert caution in the annual report applies especially to claims that exceed low-resolution experimental perception. ## Relationships **Related cluster nodes:** [[wiki/Philip Troyk|Philip Troyk]] · [[wiki/Gislin Dagnelie|Gislin Dagnelie]] · [[wiki/Invasive BCI|Invasive BCI]] · [[wiki/Neural Interface|Neural Interface]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]