14 DAY TRIAL // Teams working at the University of Washington in the United States and at the Aalto University in Finland have managed to create and perform the first tests with a new contact lens that can receive and display a one pixel image directly on its own surface.
The new technology can be used, if it proves to be stable and cost effective, to create miniature displays that open up a way for video games to be directly beamed to the eye of the player.
The contact lens solution allows gamers to also look at the real world which means that augmented reality experiences would be easier to create than ever.
The embedded display receives data through a wireless connection using a radio antenna and uses a sapphire chip included in a micro-LED.
A battery can be put up to 2 centimeters away and a silicon power harvester on the lens will power the whole contraption.
So far the lens has been tested on rabbits with no problems.
The researchers are saying that, “high resolution, full-color, stand-alone contact lens displays might be many years away.”