Developed by engineers at the University of Washington, these bionic contact lenses are promised to do some very extrodinary things. They are capable of increasing nightvision, zooming in and out, and most importantly Augmented Reality. Augmented reality is very important because it has such mind boggling posibilities in the realm of what you might call new media.
Augmented reality is somewhat like virtual reality except instead of completely replacing an individuals field of vision with computer or virtual space, it actually allows you to see things on top of what you see in the real world. It is said that this type of technology will pick up where the rest of the industry is stuck meaning that it can compensate for the short comings of microcomputer screens. Everyone is so obsessed with small screens and watching movies on cell phones and iTouch devices. What about creating a movie that would blend in perfectly with the reality that you see? Or think of what this could mean for the world of psychology and education. Imagine being able to go to class and instead of having to look at the over head the whole class just syncs there bionic lenses with the teachers and then you get a customized lesson plan according to data collected over the span of your educational career. Imagine the rich media applications that could be made if this was linked with the Neuro-signal Acquisition and Processing Wireless Neuroheadset that I blogged about earlier. Being able to move superimposed images and graphics to suit your media needs is just the tip of the iceberg. I don't even want to think about what the military could do with this!
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