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Gaming's future: contact lense monitors?
A new technology allows a contact lens to work as a virtual monitor. In the future, gamers might not need the standard desktop monitor anymore.
By Antti 'drinn' Paasivaara
Jan 18, 2008 11:56
A new technology allows a contact lens to work as a virtual monitor. In the future, gamers might not need the standard desktop monitor anymore.The University of Washington’s office has officially reported their latest invention: a contact lens, whereto they have successfully "integrated" a virtual monitor. UW's engineers believe this would be really useful for gaming, and other, real life issues.
The lens reflects a virtual monitor directly to your sight. It gives you additional information on the surrounding environment. Among other things, the virtual monitor relates the speed while a pilot is flying an aeroplane. In game industry, the developers will have possibilities to exploit the invention by generating different game applications.
The invention has recently entered the prototype phase.
"Video-game companies could use the contact lenses to completely immerse players in a virtual world without restricting their range of motion," the report unveils.
"Looking through a completed lens, you would see what the display is generating superimposed on the world outside," told Babak Parviz, a UW assistant professor of electrical engineering.
"This is a very small step toward that goal, but I think it's extremely promising."
The lens reflects a virtual monitor directly to your sight. It gives you additional information on the surrounding environment. Among other things, the virtual monitor relates the speed while a pilot is flying an aeroplane. In game industry, the developers will have possibilities to exploit the invention by generating different game applications.
"Video-game companies could use the contact lenses to completely immerse players in a virtual world."
The invention has recently entered the prototype phase.
"Video-game companies could use the contact lenses to completely immerse players in a virtual world without restricting their range of motion," the report unveils.
"Looking through a completed lens, you would see what the display is generating superimposed on the world outside," told Babak Parviz, a UW assistant professor of electrical engineering.
"This is a very small step toward that goal, but I think it's extremely promising."
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it would be very easy to cheat during various exams using such technology lol.
"The prototype device contains an electric circuit as well as red light-emitting diodes for a display, though it does not yet light up."
for example ultra newage cyborg killing mashine's
bye this technology it is possible to visualize "atoms" and such when they are working with those same atoms ... etc ...