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CEO test-drives Mojo Vision's smart augmented reality contact lens

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Re: CEO test-drives Mojo Vision's smart augmented reality contact lens

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Post by birdman3131 »

echelon wrote: post #16
bergenty wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People said the same thing about LASIK.

LASIK is a one and done operation performed under the careful supervision of a doctor, and it has been tried and tested hundreds of thousands of times. The probability of failure for this device is nonzero and and increases the longer you wear it. The failure modes are potentially disastrous, and there's likely no medical personnel nearby to intervene.

Anecdotal but lasik seriously messed with my dads eyesight for over a year. And he drove an OTR truck (at night quite a bit). Had he been aware how bad it was and that it only lasted 10 years or so he said he would have stuck to glasses.

Re: CEO test-drives Mojo Vision's smart augmented reality contact lens

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Post by vorpalhex »

balaji1 wrote: post #39

Here's an idea for a AR device: It will be a wearable glass like Google Glass - it holds majority of the processors, sensors, battery and networking radio. This wearable can be built to very high quality today. Now for overlaying AR content - Use a low power laser (mounted on the frame) to project on the retina directly. This is the harder unsolved tech. Low power laser would project a monochrome image as in the cont…

Battery life killed google glass.

Even very weak lasers are probably not good to shine all day into an eye.

Re: CEO test-drives Mojo Vision's smart augmented reality contact lens

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Post by jhardy54 »

causality0 wrote: post #27
roughly wrote: post #18

> a green monochrome MicroLED display measuring less than 0.5 mm (0.02 in) in diameter, with a resolution of 14,000 pixels per inch So, that's 280px at the widest part of the display, and a total of ~62k pixels, right? There's a decent amount you can do with that, but I think even the demo picture in the PR shot's probably ambitious for the amount of data this can display.

The fact they didn't give an actual pixel count makes me think they mean 14,000 per square inch, which with these measurements means four pixels.

Did I math wrong?

    0.02 in * 0.02 in == 0.0004 sq in
    0.0004 sq in * 14000 ppi == 5.6 pixels

Re: CEO test-drives Mojo Vision's smart augmented reality contact lens

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Post by vorpalhex »

jotm wrote: post #31
Closi wrote: post #6

Call me skeptical, but looking at that photograph it looks nothing like something I want to put in my eyes. This product is way too much of a moonshot - the product is nowhere near ready for consumers, the technology doesn't appear to be there, and I can't imagine them being able to release anything other than a tech demo for many years. There is a reason that all the research in contact lenses to date has been to ma…

I'd wear a vibrator up my ass all day if that thing was made for me first instead of the company. The way things are right now, none of these AR/VR/AI/PA products will succeed, and if they do, it will be in a dystopian future.

If you do decide to wear a vibrator up your ass all day, ButtPlug.io is at least an open source and self hostable platform for it.

So that part of it is sorted.

Re: CEO test-drives Mojo Vision's smart augmented reality contact lens

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Post by maerF0x0 »

fshbbdssbbgdd wrote: post #22
XorNot wrote: post #15

This feels like tech skipping a step - I'm not sure how building a contact lens is possible, but building say, a pair of standard looking glasses is not.

I think this is right overall. Making an AR headset requires serious compute and power and there’s no way that will fit in a contact lens anytime soon. This demo is a HUD, which is much easier and already solved by glasses. So I think this tech is way early for practical use-cases. On the other hand, AR glasses have some challenges of their own. Allowing the user to see through the lens and focus their eyes on the wo…

assuming a wireless way of transmitting to the contact lens i'm not sure the value of putting all the compute in the lens vs having it external like say your mobile phone.

it's like bluetooth headphones, but for your monitor instead...

Re: CEO test-drives Mojo Vision's smart augmented reality contact lens

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Post by maerF0x0 »

My dream application: Google maps hud for when I go motorcycling.

Right now the options are 1) Mount an arm to the handlebar and risk my phone detaching or breaking in a crash

2) phone is in my pocket so I can hear instructions, but not see the screen.

having my phone in my jacket pocket, but transmitting to my contact lens would be pretty great.

Re: CEO test-drives Mojo Vision's smart augmented reality contact lens

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Post by sam_bristow »

maerF0x0 wrote: post #47

My dream application: Google maps hud for when I go motorcycling. Right now the options are 1) Mount an arm to the handlebar and risk my phone detaching or breaking in a crash 2) phone is in my pocket so I can hear instructions, but not see the screen. having my phone in my jacket pocket, but transmitting to my contact lens would be pretty great.

For a motorbike setup I'd imagine integrating into the visor of a helmet would be an easier option than a contact lenses. Is there anything a helmet-based option wouldn't provide?

Re: CEO test-drives Mojo Vision's smart augmented reality contact lens

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Post by bruckie »

jhardy54 wrote: post #43
causality0 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fact they didn't give an actual pixel count makes me think they mean 14,000 per square inch, which with these measurements means four pixels.

Did I math wrong? 0.02 in * 0.02 in == 0.0004 sq in 0.0004 sq in * 14000 ppi == 5.6 pixels

You assumed square. Round gives 4 pixels:

π(.02/2)^2 * 14000 = 4.4

Re: CEO test-drives Mojo Vision's smart augmented reality contact lens

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Post by thfuran »

vorpalhex wrote: post #44
jotm wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd wear a vibrator up my ass all day if that thing was made for me first instead of the company. The way things are right now, none of these AR/VR/AI/PA products will succeed, and if they do, it will be in a dystopian future.

If you do decide to wear a vibrator up your ass all day, ButtPlug.io is at least an open source and self hostable platform for it. So that part of it is sorted.

>self hostable

Well, they could hardly wear it up someone else's.

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