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A display in your eyewear

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A contact lens by Babak Parviz and team from the University of Washington

Here’s a really interesting story from the New York Times on digital displays in eyewear.

Imagine wearing contact lenses or a pair of glasses with a miniature projector displaying onto the lenses a map of your intended route…

The possibilities for gaming would be amazing, too! I love the idea of augmented reality games that mix real physical surroundings with characters or objects overlaid using eyewear.

It all just reminds me of Timbuk3:

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