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He can see visible light, the sunrise just looks different to him because he sees so much more.– ApproachingDarknessFishCommented May 24, 2013 at 17:23
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Technically it only scanned the EM spectrum, not subspace.– XantecCommented May 24, 2013 at 17:36
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8The answer is Microsoft. They've written the firmware for VISOR, and as always they're very poor at design. Otherwise, a simple software adjustment could put him in visible-EM mode for sunsets, and back to superhuman-vision for away missions. They're promising to get an updated version out to him in the next 24 months or so, but it will be subscription only at $119.95/month.– John OCommented May 24, 2013 at 18:36
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3Clearly it was designed by engineers. "Wouldn't it be cool if it also did ...."– BBlakeCommented May 24, 2013 at 20:49
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1@RichS I was providing a layman's example; neutrinos themselves would probably have been detected as a dark space in Geordi's vision as lack of EM radiation. But based on how the beam was shown on the show it would make more sense he was seeing gamma rays ejected from anti-neutrino annihilation. However, gamma rays would have been well beyond his detection threshold. All in all, the VISOR's capabilities as described don't make a whole lot of technical sense which aligns nicely with Star Trek's motto of "We Hate Continuity".– XantecCommented Mar 23, 2017 at 14:46
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