Mojo Vision, a California-based company that wants to make smart contact lenses capable of augmented reality (RA), has already conducted the first human test of its technology. Last week, the company’s CEO, Drew Perkins, became the first person to wear contact lenses and shared his experience in a blog post.
Just a few months ago, we reported on how Mojo Vision works on these smart contact lenses capable of projecting images while sitting in the eye. The company aims to achieve this by packaging the densest screen in the world on an area not exceeding 0.5 mm in diameter.
In addition to the screen, the contact lens also consists of an integrated gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a magnetometer that works to track the movements of your eyes to make sure the AR images shown remain still while the your eye moves. Not to mention the micro batteries of the device that keep it running throughout the day and also recharge wirelessly.
What can the smart lens do?
MojoVision wants its users to experience brilliant text, rich graphics and even video content through these smart contact lenses, whether they’re indoors, outdoors or even when they have the eyes closed.
The company has developed its own intuitive interface that works with eye-tracking technology so users don’t have to gesture or use a smartphone to interact with the content being streamed.
With the only person who has ever used them, we have to rely on the story of the Perkins experience. In the blog post, after wearing the contact lenses, Perkins wrote, “I discovered that I could interact with a compass to find my way, view images, and use an on-screen teleprompter to read an amazing but familiar quote. to experience the future with Invisible Computing first hand “.
When will they be available for purchase?
Short answer, not soon.
The reason for this is not just technological improvements. Mojo Vision has advanced considerably in terms of technology to make this test possible. In the future, the main challenges will be more normative in nature.
Even CEO Perkins had to undergo preclinical testing and mitigate safety risks before putting on the device. Therefore, before users in general have their hands on these smart contact lenses, Mojo Vision must prove that they are safe and will have to conduct several clinical studies in the near future and obtain the approval of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Mojo Lens also plans to open its device to application developers who will be able to add more features. Therefore, users of upcoming tests will also provide input on the software and applications and how they work on the device, which will be used to fine-tune the experience of using this device.
“This is a tool that can provide people with an invisible assistant throughout the day to stay focused without losing access to the information they need to feel safe in any situation,” Perkins wrote in the post. block. “Mojo Vision has created a smart contact lens with capabilities that were considered impossible outside of science fiction. To this day.”