Virtual Reality Contact Lenses Could Be Available by 2014

February 2, 2012 By


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Contact lenses that help enhance normal vision with megapixel 3D panoramic images are being designed by scientists using military funding.

For those who do not want to rely on contact lenses, future versions could involve lenses directly implanted within the eye, researchers added.

Over the decades, the video displays that everyone from fighter pilots to the general public use have grown increasingly complex. One possibility for advanced displays is a virtual reality (VR) system that replaces our view of the real world with computer-generated vistas. Another idea consists of

Source: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=virtual-reality-contact-l

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At the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam Holland a 44-year-old elephant has become the first in Europe to have a contact lens fitted in a delicate operation that lasted an hour
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DARPA Works On Virtual Reality Contact Lenses

February 2, 2012 By

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Contact Lenses: How They Will Bring Virtual Reality to U.S. Soldiers by 2013

February 1, 2012 By

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Willey explained that the system could also be useful for battlefield medics, who would be able to operate on patients while being “jacked into” the instruments surrounding them.

The problem for Innovega designers was that a ‘natural’ human eye cannot focus on objects at very close distances.

Although it is possible to correct this with standard contact lenses, the eye cannot focus on both a close-up, projected image and distance-vision at the same time, forcing the user to switch between the two.

However, the iOptik lens allows the wearer to focus on far-away objects and images projected

Source: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/291403/20120201/contact-lens-virtual-reality-augmented-darpa-ioptic.htm

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Elephant gets contact lens in stepladder operation at Dutch zoo

February 1, 2012 By

Win Thida, a 45-year-old Asian elephant, has become the first pachyderm in Europe to be fitted with a contact lens in an operation that required a stepladder to reach the giant-size patient.

The Irish Times reported Win Thida, a native of Burma, had scratched her cornea during a scuffle with another member of the herd at the Artis Zoo and the eye had started watering.

To the rescue came veterinarian Anne-Marie Verbruggen, who had fitted contact lenses on horses before but never

Source: http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-elephant-gets-contact-lens-in-stepladder-operation-at-dutch-zoo-20120131,0,5753836.story?track=rss

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Dutch zoo fits elephant with contact lens

January 31, 2012 By

An elephant in Amsterdam’s zoo has made history after being fitted with a jumbo-sized contact lens following an eye injury, a statement said Monday.

“Win Thida is the first elephant in Europe with a contact lens,” the Artis zoo said on its website.

The 44-year-old Asian elephant accidently scratched its left cornea while playing and the eye was constantly watering. The procedure lasted about an hour, the statement said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/dutch-zoo-fits-elephant-contact-lens-200041921.html

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