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Finally: Virtual reality contact lenses that beam images directly into your eye
The devices can ‘pair’ with smartphones and portable game devices to deliver up-close video – or switch to a translucent ‘augmented reality’ view, where computer information is layered over the world we know.
Crucially, the devices can be worn while moving about – previous bulky ‘VR headsets’ have blindfolded their users and can only be used sitting down.
The effect could be similar to the lenses worn by Tom Cruise in Minority Report.
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Right in your eyeball……..
…..Single women in your area want to meet you………..
The golden future.
BL@KBIRD on February 4, 2012 at 10:29 PM
Texting just got exponentially more dangerous.
profitsbeard on February 4, 2012 at 10:32 PM
Naked ladies everywhere I go? How cool is that!
John the Libertarian on February 4, 2012 at 10:41 PM
Great. Now we can have people running around with 3 dimensional delusions, instead of the standard daydream images.
What could go wrong? I could be left trying to talk to one of these idiots without a translator matrix algorithm.
platypus on February 4, 2012 at 10:52 PM
You need a pair of these. It’s old tech but hey, they’re only a buck.
Oldnuke on February 4, 2012 at 10:54 PM
It’s been nearly 10 years since I saw Minority Report(great flick, BTW), but a similar device was featured in Tom Cruise’s most recent Mission Impossible movie.
Doughboy on February 4, 2012 at 11:52 PM
Imagine pop-up windows.
While driving!
Shy Guy on February 5, 2012 at 12:02 AM
I foresee a whole new breed of students cheating in classes.
How is a teacher going to know? “Okay class, put away your glasses and contacts.” Instant discrimination lawsuit.
No need for notes under the brim of a hat or jotted on your palm or some other miniscule crib sheet. Just have a doc. file of the crib wifi’d directly to the lens. And, if you’re really ingenious, you’d be able to scroll, so you could access multiple pages, like a textbook.
Logus on February 5, 2012 at 12:27 AM
Or the dreaded blue screen of death, for real now!
astonerii on February 5, 2012 at 2:55 AM
I hope they come with ad block!
Odysseus on February 5, 2012 at 7:50 AM
Heard a rumor that they’re working on putting similar technology into condoms; combined, this should take the Internet porn industry to the next generation…
affenhauer on February 5, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Dude, cyberpunk.
Count to 10 on February 5, 2012 at 10:34 AM