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posted by janrinok on Monday February 05 2018, @08:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the eye-see-what-you-did-there dept.

Intel is launching plain-looking smartglasses that beam a monochrome red image directly into your retina using a laser. There are no cameras on the device:

Intel has launched an impressively light, regular-looking set of smart glasses called Vaunt, confirming rumors from Bloomberg and others. Seen by The Verge, they have plastic frames and weigh under 50 grams, a bit more than regular eyeglasses but much less than Google Glass, for example. The electronics are crammed into the stems and control a very low-powered, class one laser that shines a red, monochrome 400 x 150 pixel image into your eye. Critically, the glasses contain no camera, eliminating the "big brother" vibe from Glass and other smart glasses.


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  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Monday February 05 2018, @10:24PM (2 children)

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Monday February 05 2018, @10:24PM (#633488) Homepage

    I've remembered the example I meant to give earlier, but couldn't think of - it's like the speckle pattern you see when you point a laser pointer into your eye (don't do this!) - it's always "in focus", such as it is, regardless of your prescription.

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  • (Score: 2) by Geotti on Tuesday February 06 2018, @01:13PM (1 child)

    by Geotti (1146) on Tuesday February 06 2018, @01:13PM (#633792) Journal

    it's always "in focus", such as it is, regardless of your prescription, until you turn blind.

    FTFY.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @08:27PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @08:27PM (#634074)

      can blue lasers make a blue screen the last thing you ever see?