For Your Eyes Only - Contacts & VR

The future is here... almost!

Imagine a future where you no longer need a screen to view things like television, your computer, or a mobile phone. Imagine a future where augmented reality moves off your handheld device (its just now appearing there!) and under eyelides. Say hello to the next generation of contact lenses with circuits and LEDs. Can these small devices deliver Terminator-style graphics, could we use them to overlay graphics on the 'real' world, will they be able to produce a 3D experience for your eyes only?

The September 2009 issue of IEEE Spectrum has an article about contact lens with the capability to act as private monitors. No longer science fiction, these little devices promise to revolutionzie many industries. Also, they may potentially destory other products such as monitors. The article is by a researcher from the University of Washington who, along with several of his students, is making this little gem from the future materialize in the hear and now.

Read the full article in pdf here.

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