Forget Fixing Poor Eyesight... How About Improving Eyesight With A Virtual Overlay
from the just-like-the-terminator dept
I've never needed corrective eyewear of any kind (though, I sense I may finally be reaching the point where I need to explore such things), and I have to admit that I've always been a bit squeamish about the concept of putting contact lenses in my eyes. But with some engineers working on ways to build a virtual display system into a contact lens, so you can overlay what you see with additional information, it may become way too tempting not to use contact lenses at some point. Forget computer screens... you could just do all your computing with your eyes closed (or open). Suddenly, the whole concept of augmented reality becomes a lot bigger than just some silly app on your iPhone. It sounds like the prototypes are still pretty early stage, but this is one "science fiction" type idea that seems like it may actually have a chance of becoming real at some point.
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Cool!
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Cool!
But aside from that and some minor issues like toxic materials(kidding) it is still a cool concept. Maybe it will be possible to use organic electronics to do it.
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Cyberpunk says no
One minute you'r walking down the street normally, just one failed dice roll later you're battling with cyber-psychosis, killing old grannies.
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Virtual sound overlay
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massive
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RE: Cyberpunk says no
If working in a call center didn't do it, some silly contact lens won't.
Although there was that one week in Washington state....
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Eyesight with A Virtual Overlay
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Thinking Ouside the Box
It is nice to see you thinking outside the box. Keep that up and you just might learn how to become an inventor. And then you might actually understand just how much work goes into producing an invention and the need for inventors to be fairly compensated so that they can afford to continue to invent.
With this would come an understanding that all those self professed "innovators" who build their fortunes stealing from actual inventors are scum. While not every scummy patent pirating "innovator" is a member of the Coalition for Patent Fairness & PIRACY the group most certainly has a significant percentage of the worst players.
Ronald J. Riley,
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Most clueless patent troll around. Keep up the drivel!
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Very nifty
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More.. i mean, Less to the point RJR, These guys are real inventors. that means that they are actually creating something and improving on it. See you back here later when a larger firm buys the tech (legally) and suddenly gets sued by someone owning an ancient patent on "System of displaying images".
Not because that person has anything to do with this development, but simply because they were waiting for a target with more money then a university.
boo bad lawsuits that could stifle innovation.
Hooray cyberpunk future!
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And you don't have to register the software or give SSN to mob for registration procedure.
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@Esahc
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Huh...
I knew that Deus Ex JC Denton outfit would come in handy eventually...
FYI, funniest Deus Ex website ever: http://www.it-he.org/deus.htm
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