Bionic Eyes Could Change The Face Of Gaming

Kotaku Writes:

What if instead of having your television cluttered with interface elements while playing an FPS, you could have the HUD displayed directly on your eye? This is one of the possible applications of the bionic eye created by engineers at the University of Washington, which utilizes microscopic manufacturing techniques to contact lenses imprinted with electronic circuits and lights. While the current prototype has yet to light up and a full display version is still years away, the possibilities for such a device are staggering. From the press release:

"There are many possible uses for virtual displays. Drivers or pilots could see a vehicle's speed projected onto the windshield. Video-game companies could use the contact lenses to completely immerse players in a virtual world without restricting their range of motion. And for communications, people on the go could surf the Internet on a midair virtual display screen that only they would be able to see."

Not only would the gaming applications be amazing, but imagine a world where porn is just a blink away! Now that's some real innovation right there.

[Joey Gladstone]

"We can rebuild Him.......Make him Stronger, Faster" .....
......
...."The JOEY has Spoken"

[HaKeRsCanRotINHEL]

said he needed his dignity back! 8D

[Maddens Raiders]

Super Bubbles to you man!!!!

That is one of the greatest shows ever to be on TV. I wish they still made shows like they used to (the A-Team, Knight Rider, Airwolf, Dukes of Hazzard, Fall Guy, the "V" (remember the V!!!), instead of all the damn reality shows and crap like Cheaters and Cops (those shows were cool at first but the luster has worn quite a bit)...ahhh, but I digress.

The only thing that scares me about the Bionic eye, is the same thing that happened to Alan Bradley in Tron. 8D

[JIN KAZAMA]

A new Knight Rider is comming on NBC this season man.

[Maddens Raiders]

you're exactly right. I saw the commercial for it the other night. It's a start. Something away from the brain dead and l-a-z-y "reality TV shows", so we'll have to see how it does. Still, it'll be hard to get used to without the HOSS!!! lol 8D

edit/: plus it should be the new Camaro in the show, not the Mustang (I have nothing against 'Stangs) because it's a GM vehicle. Damn producers! lol

[Maddens Raiders]

I think most of you will like this.

[Cyrus365]

For real Knight Rider back on TV? First Amercian Gladtors now this, lol..

[Cyrus365]

That'd be amazing if they put the hud on your eye ball, and imagine the other applications!

[Nuclearwinter]

That's cool, but I don't know if it would be all that great for gaming. Would the HUD really be worth the trouble of sticking things on to your eyes every time you wanted to play a game?

[Cyrus365]

Guess it depends how much it adds to the experience, and costs obviously.

[Daver]

omg the technology is improving so fast loll
cant wait too see what the world will look like in 30 years..well if we are not dead yet..

[hunter21]

thats interesting... if ever they get succesfull creating this bionic eyes the world will change definitely the way how we look at it in the future,wonder what will happen on 2012. theres a chance that using that bionic eyes they can control peoples minds.... ok im getting exaggerated..lol anyways thats cool

[Maddens Raiders]

The End.

[ChickeyCantor]

They also say 2012, the year of the end of the world : nibiru.
if these things wont do the mind control the annanukis will XD

[Mr Tretton]

forget just games, just think living Terminator style where many things transmit signals that you can pick up through your digital eye. very interesting.

[Cyrus365]

I'm sure the Army's are really looking into this tech, imagine a scout robot upahead, with visual beamed right into your eye, or other people's view points...right in say your left eye.

[Vo_Cal]

If its a contact, you can close your eyes and still see the images... So if your scared sh!tless from a movie or a game, you cant look away. You're just going to die right there on ur couch from fear. Or shove a controller in ur eye... HA HA HA HA. The world is coming to an end...

[Maddens Raiders]

I got a real kick from reading that. WOW lol

[ChickeyCantor]

Hope it doesnt give you any tumor on the eye, cool concept though...but i hope we will get rid of the X/Y display for gaming soon to make things more interesting( even if a game is 3d its still flat, drawn on 2 axes X and Y.)

[DeadlyFire]

I would rather have something plugged into the back of my head really. Matrix style gaming would be better. I don't want to put a contact lens in my eye to play a videogame.

Its a nice concept on many levels and can do many things though. Like in that spy movie awhile back with Owen Wilson and Eddie Murphy? :P

[Vo_Cal]

I just heard a rumor that Sega's making a new console called the Sega Sexasis(It's all I got)...

All males above the age of 14 will be able to stick their ManJoy in an electronic device and control the various characters.

**Bows to the crowd after delivering another successful off topic bad joke**

[ephoenix6]

I think a better invention would be some sort of synthetic pupil

[xionpunk]

surfing the web in your eyeballs? Hmmm... exams would be so much easier...

[Cyrus365]

Yeah imagine the cheating you can do...lol.

[Staircase]

Cool, i already use contacts so the switchover would be simple. =)

[Cyrus365]

I wonder how do these things get "power" does it work on solar/light rays? do you have to plug it in to some outlet, a wire hanging out of your eyeball? That shall be interesting.

[Rice]

THATs so crazy....

[Kakkoii]

So in a few years were going to see people walking down the streets, staring blindly into nothingness while wanking themselves off to porn only they can see?

lol. This sounds great tho. Would be great for video games. Although, some sort of sense of direction sensor would need to be implemented with this, so that the game would know which direction your aiming your head.

[Cyrus365]

I'm not sure it'd detect movement, although i'm sure it could be implemented. It's meant to display images and such on to your eye ball, but not be intrusive enough, that you can also see other things. I liken it to watching TV, and then have a secondary image when you watch Picture in picture.

So in a video game sense, say take MGS 4 example, you could be fighting the battle zone on TV, while you send your scout out further (the robot) and the secondary image is shown on this device, that's comes directly to your eyeball. lol

[travelguy2k]

Taking one for the team can be enjoyable! no imagination required!