Medical Contact Lens

 

Contact lenses have up to now been relatively low-tech devices that enable wearers to replace bulky, sometimes unattractive glasses. But RaayonNova founder and CEO Aleksandr Shtukater is developing advanced contact lens technology he expects will morph into an augmented and virtual reality platform that can potentially replace existing devices such as smartphones and tablets to perform actions.

Under development for several years, the technology creates a “smart” lens with an embedded display that is placed directly over the eye’s cornea. By projecting information directly into the eye’s retina, the technology would enable users to make gesture-based eye movements to initiate responses.

“We want to make use of natural eye movement, by determining the shift in focusing,” Shtukater explained to FierceElectronics in an interview earlier this week. Shtukater explained that the patented technology could conceivably in the long run replace smartphones and other input devices, by enabling users to make eye gestures to initiate responses to perform specific actions.

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