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Contact lenses that, like certain IR 3d glasses, simply darken
and lighten, in order to facilitate three-dimensional displays.
This would be useful in an urban environment, and a simple,
near-future step towards augmented reality.
As a bonus, or as a selling point for Nvidia, or whomever, the
lenses could double as polarized sunglasses....
Augmented Reality Rundown
http://spectrum.iee...in-a-contact-lens/0
Brief description of (futuristic) variety of contact lens suggested here... [cloudface, Sep 07 2009]
Articles on EngadgetHD tagged Autostereoscopic
http://www.engadget...g/AutoStereoscopic/
[anamba, Sep 08 2009]
Autostereoscopy on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia...iki/Autostereoscopy
[anamba, Sep 08 2009]
An iPhone case
http://www.engadget...available-to-order/
[anamba, Sep 08 2009]
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Actually in the near future (or the present, if you can afford it) you won't need special eyewear/headgear to use a 3-D display. See the links I just posted for further research. |
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That said, I would still like to have contact lenses that can turn into sunglasses on command. Just not for 3-D displays... the alternate polarization method used in movie theaters necessarily makes the picture half as bright, which is no good. |
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//This would be useful in an urban environment//
How so? |
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This would make a cool Hollywood hacking premise: hack the sync-signal for the contact lenses so both go dark at the same time for subliminal durations allowing stuff to happen 'in plain sight' of someone. |
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