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Mojo Vision develops a contender for Google Lens. (Image via Medical Design and Outsourcing)
'Invisible computing' start-up company reveals smart contact lens
An “invisible computing” startup company in the United States (U.S), Mojo Vision, unveiled a smart contact lens. The contact lens delivers augmented reality (AR) display in the user’s vision. This product might remind the world of the once-acclaimed Google Lens because it transmits information and notifications and allows users’ interaction on certain points.After developing for around a decade in secret, Mojo Vision hailed the contact lens as an assistance for the visually-impaired people by using enhanced image overlays.
The contact lens had obtained the U.S Food and Drugs Administration’s (FDA’s) approval to test the contact lens as a medical device. Mojo Vision will be testing the contact lens with the Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Palo Alto, California.
The startup company raised US$100 million and backed up with executives having experienced Google, Apple, and other major tech companies based in Silicon Valley. Opticians and ophthalmologists also worked on the project.
CEO of Mojo Vision, Drew Perkins, said that the contact lens stands above any contact lens ever because it possesses invisible computing where only the necessary data, not the unnecessary data.
Demonstrating the contact lens in front of the reporter, one of the executives showed how the contact lens allows users to view virtual teleprompter, navigation instructions, and other interactions in their field of vision through a micro-LED display to the retina.
Moreover, the lens aims to make people interact more naturally with technology. For example, the business application for the contact lens involves the workers to obtain real-time data.
When asked about the commercial launch, Perkins did not reveal any specific date.
Source: https://bit.ly/2R8ejVd
