[HN Gopher] CEO test-drives Mojo Vision's smart augmented realit...
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       CEO test-drives Mojo Vision's smart augmented reality contact lens
        
       Author : DamnInteresting
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2022-06-29 23:32 UTC (23 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (newatlas.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (newatlas.com)
        
       | windexh8er wrote:
       | I'm sure I'm not the target market - but: I don't want this. This
       | technology has a use case, I'm sure. But it's not me. I want less
       | distraction, less way for crappy social media companies to mine
       | me. No thanks.
        
       | Closi wrote:
       | Call me skeptical, but looking at that photograph it looks
       | nothing like something I want to put in my eyes.
       | 
       | This product is way too much of a moonshot - the product is
       | nowhere near ready for consumers, the technology doesn't appear
       | to be there, and I can't imagine them being able to release
       | anything other than a tech demo for many years.
       | 
       | There is a reason that all the research in contact lenses to date
       | has been to make them as light and thin as possible.
       | 
       | Companies can't really make a standard contact lens that lasts
       | more than a month without compromising on comfort and it sliding
       | around your eyeball - so how we think they are going to solve
       | that PLUS add a battery and a load of electronics and make it
       | something people will actually want to wear is a mystery to me.
       | 
       | No doubt eventually this level of technology will come, but I
       | can't see it coming in the timelines required for Mojo to be a
       | commercial success (unless there is some other plan to
       | commercialise the IP).
        
         | bergenty wrote:
         | They have a functioning prototype. Who are you and why does
         | your opinion matter? (I'm just sick of skepticism automatically
         | being associated with intelligence).
        
           | Sebguer wrote:
           | I have a pretty cut and dry rule of not putting anything that
           | can catch fire directly on my eyeball.
        
       | ilrwbwrkhv wrote:
       | Software is eating the world but the future world is made with
       | hardware. Companies like these are the future.
        
       | anewpersonality wrote:
        
       | tootie wrote:
       | Impressive. The usefulness of this kind of device is probably
       | completely distinct from what you'd get with anything coming from
       | Apple or Meta. Purely functional sight augmentation. Looks
       | they're going for the sight-impaired market first, but I can
       | imagine some uses in industry or military too.
        
         | elil17 wrote:
         | Industry I doubt. No problem having factory workers wear big AR
         | goggles. Military for sure.
        
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