Hearing about the emergence of this technology in the course of the group report made me utter this word over and over again: "damn". This is some futuristic stuff right there! The moment I went home, I immediately watched Iron Man since it made me realize that we are at least getting there.
All kidding aside, I would like to talk about the technology. The iOptik contact lens is an augmented reality system which projects a heads-up display onto contact lenses. It is being developed by Innovega and contrary to what the group has discussed, it actually needs a pair of glasses in order to function. Yeah, they left that part out. This simply means that the iOptik isn't that different from the Google Glass.
According to the company, the technology enables users to focus on objects right in front of their eyes and in the distance simultaneously, offering an alternative solution to traditional near-eye displays which create the illusion of an object in the distance so as not to hinder regular vision.
As of now, the iOptik is still not commercialized as it still needs to pass some tests. For me, it still needs to be further developed, just like what I said in my previous post about Google Glass.
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