Re:TED: MIT Students Turn Internet Into a Sixth Human Sense
by Zev on Friday February 06, 2009 @03:11AM
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Would it be possible to somehow have half of each eye covered instead of losing one eye completely? I know I lose a lot of information when I close one eye. Or would doing something like this be too distracting to be worth doing?
Re:TED: MIT Students Turn Internet Into a Sixth Human Sense
by Raphael on Friday February 06, 2009 @04:31AM
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It's transparent, so the UI will cover up as much or as little viewing area as needed.
Re:TED: MIT Students Turn Internet Into a Sixth Human Sense
by fsilva on Friday February 06, 2009 @10:08AM
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I had similar ideas, but I think it is technically challenging to produce such transparent displays so close to the eye (i.e. integrated in eyeglasses, for example). The eye can't focus in objects that close.
One solution could be doing some kind of retinal projection. You could adapt the optics in real time to compensate the eye's focus, and you would have a UI stamped into your normal vision at all times. The real problem is technology because, AFAIK, such systems are currently too big to be used in our day-to-day lives. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_retinal_display )
A nicer way to interact with your environment, I'd think, especially as when processors get stronger you could handle an entire virtual 3D environment overlaid over one eye.