Could there be anyway that you could attack eye nerves to fake eyeballs?

Question: Could there be anyway that you could attack eye nerves to fake eyeballs?
- Keywords:
  eye,
  nerves
Asked by donkey123 to Ed, Hayley, Jason, Sophie on 21 Mar 2013.
- Sophie Holles answered on 21 Mar 2013:
  
  Yes! Scientists have invented a sort of fake eye that can be used to allow blind people to see for the first time! They hooked up a camera to nerves that went into the person’s brain and they started to see shapes and light for the first time.

Question: Could there be anyway that you could attack eye nerves to fake eyeballs?