Breakthrough: LED contact lenses

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hey folks

I was stumbling the web and look what I ve found:

http://www.zeitnews.org/applied-science ... ality.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

University of Washington researchers have figured out how to implant semitransparent red and blue LED lights in contact lenses, for the purpose of receiving and displaying data in sharp visual images and video.This means wearers will literally be able to watch TV or view photos that are projected directly onto their balls.

Also one cool feature is that you dont need to focus on it. The images will "fit" just like you were watching an ad banner on the streets etc.

Lead researcher Babak Parvis comments “You won’t necessarily have to shift your focus to see the image generated by the contact lens,” it would just appear in front of you and your view of the real world will be completely unobstructed when the display is turned off.

I thought this kind of stuff is not less then 15-20 years away but will see if this will become a finished product in lets say 5-10 years. Also the manufacturing costs of this shouldnt be too high, once they succeed in developing Nano OLED panels. What do you think?
Is this the next phase of display imaging?


Get rdy for the future...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px4KKmfk ... re=related" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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also a very decent video series explaining what the current problems are of HMDs can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka9di2ZG ... re=related" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Contacts would be pretty cool, but I still somehow like the idea of wearing glasses.

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Um, I posted the same article... it's right below this thread. And no one commented, but they did on this one. How did that happen? LOL! But video contacts are definitely something I'll live to see, and most of us here. 20 years at least, I say. Maybe much longer. But I'm very, very excited to know that, barring death other than from old age, or global thermonuclear war, I will certainly live to experience 100% immersive VR. I even have a longshot at experiencing SR. I'd be 109 at the dawn of the 22nd century.

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It states that photos and TV will be transmitted straight onto their balls. What about females?

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Ahahahahhah!!!!