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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 kevin_thibedeau »

ckw wrote: post #63
LooseMarmoset wrote: post #56

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I had lasik in 1999. I was legally blind (uncorrected) in my left eye, and needed a pretty serious correction in my right eye. After lasik, my vision was 20/15 (left) and 20/10 (right). Now, in 2022, I still have no need of glasses, although I'd say my vision has degraded somewhat - still good enough to pass the driver exam uncorrected, however. Night vision is objectively worse after lasik. Poorer light sensitivity,…

When I looked into it a couple years ago, around 1% of procedures resulted in markedly diminished quality of life, with the most extreme cases regularly leading to the suicide of the patient, so I decided against it. Periodically I look back on the decision, and feel a great sense of relief. I count it among the best I have made.

Corneal flap also also mechanically weakens the eye.

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

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Post by Closi »

iso1631 wrote: post #86
bergenty wrote: post #8

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They have a functioning prototype. Who are you and why does your opinion matter? (I’m just sick of skepticism automatically being associated with intelligence).

> I’m just sick of skepticism automatically being associated with intelligence I remember being in the office on April 1st 2004 and seeing the front page of the first edition of the Evening Standard announcing how google were launching an email service to compete with hotmail which allowed upto 1GB of storage (hotmail was something like 2MB at the time). I laughed at how a major newspaper had fallen for what was obvi…

I don't think anyone had doubts about 1GB of storage being technically possible in 2004, the suprise was that they were offering 1GB of email storage for free. 1GB of storage was approx. $1 at the time Gmail was first offered.

Whereas I'm sceptical of the technical/practical feasibility here - more like if someone came along and told me they were going to bring consumer-grade jetpacks to the market that people could use for their daily commute I would be sceptical that they could bring that to market successfully for a variety of reasons other than price/commercials (e.g. safety). This is before we even start talking about getting FDA approval for sticking all this stuff into a contact lens (so they will need to presumably prove it doesn't increase the chance of conjunctivitis, corneal abrasions, and eye irritation). IMO it's quite clear from looking at the existing version that it would cause eye irritation - there is a big block sticking out the front.

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

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Post by bornfreddy »

2Gkashmiri wrote: post #105
bornfreddy wrote: post #96

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That sounds interesting, do you happen to know how one could find this documentary?

i'm not really sure. years ago natgeo used to do shows like that one time where two guys go and train various martial arts around the world, this must've been something similar in that line. i don't remember edit: looks like "fight science" or "human weapon"

Thank you, will check it out!

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

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Post by Closi »

ricardobeat wrote: post #89
Closi wrote: post #76

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> They have a functioning prototype. Who are you and why does your opinion matter? I'm allowed to share my opinion on here, it's an internet forum dude. Besides, I don't need a PhD to work out that I don't want to put that thing on my eyeball, or that some of the claims are pretty fantastical compared to the proof given. If they put their prototype on Marques Brownlee or Linus and they said it was good then I would b…

“I don’t like it”, which is what this comment can be summarized as, is a perfectly valid opinion. But it’s quite different from “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” which is pure speculation and dismisses the entire news as.. a lie, I guess?

> “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” which is pure speculation and dismisses the entire news as.. a lie, I guess?

We shouldn't take what we read in a PR piece for granted. See:

https://swimswam.com/artificial-gills-breath-underwater-like...

https://wccftech.com/skarp-laser-razor/

https://greenerideal.com/news/vehicles/0627-solar-powered-ro...

And even some of the bigger failures like Theranos where the product was technologically infeasible from the start.

But with at least the three links I have listed - you can probably work out that they were infeasible by just applying common sense. A laser hot enough to easily burn through hair will probably burn your face, tiny artificial gills probably won't be able to keep up with human lungs, and we probably make roads out of tarmac and not glass for a reason.

IMO I think you can work out this is far away from a commercial product from similar logic - their prototype looks like something I wouldn't want to stick in my eye, their current battery can't last the day, and existing contact lens manufacturers can't make a comfortable lens that lasts over a month even without stuffing it with electronics.

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Post by maerF0x0 »

justinclift wrote: post #74
aeturnum wrote: post #65

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There are several companies that make motorcycle huds that integrate with helmets.

Examples from a quick search: * https://arvrtips.com/eyeride-hud/ * https://shop.crosshelmet.com/ * https://www.dvision-hud.com/en * https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-tech/shoei-opticson-...

The shoei one is interesting to me, but afaik not yet available.

I'm not going to trust my brain at 155MPH to a "move fast and break things" kind of startup.

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Post by tmp_anon_22 »

ricardobeat wrote: post #87
robinduckett wrote: post #81

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Sounded like it was a static monochrome image and the 3D space stuff will come later. Do they even have an accelerometer or gyro in the device or does it pair with a phone or other device to get those readings? Are they even integrated into the software at this time. I suspect not.

From the article, 3rd and 4th paragraphs: > It's got an ARM Core M0 processor, a 5-GHz radio capable of communicating at ultra-low latency, and enough accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers to track your eye movements with extreme precision, allowing the image to stay stable even as you move your eyes around. > you won't need hand controls, or a smartphone, or even Meta's crazy nerve-hijacking control inputs to…

Do I want a 5ghz radio broadcasting from my eyeball?

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Post by justinclift »

maerF0x0 wrote: post #115
justinclift wrote: post #74

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Examples from a quick search: * https://arvrtips.com/eyeride-hud/ * https://shop.crosshelmet.com/ * https://www.dvision-hud.com/en * https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-tech/shoei-opticson-...

The shoei one is interesting to me, but afaik not yet available. I'm not going to trust my brain at 155MPH to a "move fast and break things" kind of startup.

Yeah, good point. :)

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Post by colordrops »

euroderf wrote: post #99
colordrops wrote: post #19

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Perhaps the focus is always like 5 feet in front of you?

So then does it so confuse your brain that your normal focusing is interfered with ?

I'd imagine it would be like having a transparent sheet in front of you. Probably no more confusing than a HUD on a transparent windshield.

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Post by ezekiel11 »

imron wrote: post #24
ezekiel11 wrote: post #20

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Same I think its really skeptical that they have the economies of scale to produce ephemeral contact lenses that gets thrown out after a month. Even an AR glass that looks natural and works well with changing focus is tough to pull off, it's puzzling why they would skip that and go into a almost guaranteed failure. AR contact lenses are still a good 20+ years away and even then it will be hard pressed for adoption be…

> AR contact lenses are still a good 20+ years away And it’s things like this that will let us get there in that timeframe.

you can make the same argument for google glasses

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Post by pedalpete »

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.

Have you see https://forcitehelmets.com ?
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