The Future of Wearable Tech: A Glimpse at Mojo Vision's Prototype Smart Contact Lens

What if instead of having your eyes glued to your phone all day, the information you want from your phone could somehow come to your eyes? That's the idea behind Mojo Vision's prototype smart contact lens, known as the Mojo Lens. Recently, I had the opportunity to briefly demo the device and some related prototypes, and it definitely felt like a preview into the future of wearable tech.

I couldn't actually put the device in my eye because contact lenses need to be FDA approved, and the Mojo Lens is still working on that. However, during the first demo, I held the Mojo Lens up to my eye and looked at a video loop. To my surprise, I saw text - small green, easily readable subtitles for people speaking different languages, heart rate information for exercising, and the score of a sports game. Seeing these text blurbs was a bit of a surprise to me because my eyes can't focus on anything that close.

The reason it works is because that tiny monochromatic green display focuses the light onto your retina. It's an ingenious solution that allows you to see information that's not visible to the naked eye. For the next demo, I entered a dark room and was presented with another prototype when I held this one up to my eye. It generated green outlines around various objects in the room, allowing me to read signs and see people's facial expressions. Without the device, I couldn't see anything beyond that.

Mojo Vision says its Mojo Lens will also help people with low vision conditions such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, or retinitis pigmentosa see in greater detail. This is a significant breakthrough, as these conditions can make it difficult for people to navigate their surroundings without assistance. The last demo I tried was on an eye tracking VR headset, where I was able to navigate two invisible menus just by moving my eyes in two different corners of my periphery. I played, paused, and skipped music, saw weather and traffic reports, and read text that scrolled to keep pace with the movement of my eyes - basically like a teleprompter in your eyeball.

The prototypes I saw were wirelessly powered, but Mojo Vision says they're working on building the batteries into the device around the eye along with other processing instruments, which will be hidden under an artificial iris. Ultimately, Mojo Vision is aiming for what it calls "invisible computing" - a smart contact lens that you can wear all day, looking like your real eye with menus that you can have with eye tracking and object detection.

It's not hard to imagine wearing such a device while reading, getting directions while walking in a new place, or seeing subtitles for different languages in real-time. To me, this kind of wearable design sounds like it could strike a nice balance between clunky AR glasses and invasive brain implants, like Neural Inc. The technology is so small that it becomes nearly imperceptible, but you can still take it out whenever you want.

We're still probably years away from seeing such technology become a reality, but I hope you enjoyed getting a glimpse of it as much as I did. Would you wear smart contact lenses? Let us know down below. For more detailed information on Mojo Vision's prototype smart contact lens, check out the beautiful article written for CNET by Scott Stein - I'll put the link in the description. Thanks so much for watching!

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demo I entered a dark room and was presented with another prototype when I held this one up to my eye it generated green outlines around various objects in the room I could read signs and see people's facial expressions I couldn't see without the device beyond that awesome ability to essentially see in the dark mojo vision says its mojo lens will also help people with low vision conditions such as macular degeneration glaucoma or retinitis pigmentosa see in greater detail the last demo I tried was on an eye tracking VR headset I was able to navigate two invisible menus just by moving my eyes in two different corners of my periphery I played paused and skipped music saw weather and traffic reports and read text that scrolled to keep pace with the movement of my eyes basically like a teleprompter in your eyeball the prototypes I saw were wirelessly powered but mojo vision says they're working on building the batteries into the device around the eye along with other processing instruments which will be hidden under an artificial iris ultimately mojo vision is aiming for what it calls invisible computing a smart contact lens that you can wear all day that looks like your real eye with menus that you can have with eye tracking and object detection it's not hard to imagine looking upwards while you're reading getting directions while walking in a new place or seeing subtitles for different languages in real time to me this kind of wearable design sounds like it could strike a nice balance between clunky AR glasses and invasive brain implants like neural Inc where the technology is so small it becomes nearly imperceptible but you can still take it out whenever you want we're still probably years away from that reality but I hope you enjoyed getting a glimpse of it I know I did would you wear smart contact lenses let us know down below and for more detailed information on mojo visions prototype smart contact lens check out the beautiful article written for CNET by scott stein I'll put the link for that down in the description thanks so much for watchingwhat if instead of having your eyes glued to your phone all day the information you want from your phone could somehow come to your eyes that's the idea behind mojo visions prototype smart contact the mojo lens I had an opportunity to briefly demo the device and some related prototypes and it definitely felt like a preview into the future of wearable tech I couldn't actually put the device in my eye because contact lenses need to be FDA approved and the Mojo lens is still working on that in the first demo I held the Mojo lens up to my eye looked at a video loop and I saw text small green easily readable text subtitles for people speaking different languages heartrate info for exercising and the score of a sports game seeing these text blurbs was a bit of a surprise to me because my eyes can't focus on anything that close the reason it works is because that tiny monochromatic green display focuses the light for you right onto your retina for the next demo I entered a dark room and was presented with another prototype when I held this one up to my eye it generated green outlines around various objects in the room I could read signs and see people's facial expressions I couldn't see without the device beyond that awesome ability to essentially see in the dark mojo vision says its mojo lens will also help people with low vision conditions such as macular degeneration glaucoma or retinitis pigmentosa see in greater detail the last demo I tried was on an eye tracking VR headset I was able to navigate two invisible menus just by moving my eyes in two different corners of my periphery I played paused and skipped music saw weather and traffic reports and read text that scrolled to keep pace with the movement of my eyes basically like a teleprompter in your eyeball the prototypes I saw were wirelessly powered but mojo vision says they're working on building the batteries into the device around the eye along with other processing instruments which will be hidden under an artificial iris ultimately mojo vision is aiming for what it calls invisible computing a smart contact lens that you can wear all day that looks like your real eye with menus that you can have with eye tracking and object detection it's not hard to imagine looking upwards while you're reading getting directions while walking in a new place or seeing subtitles for different languages in real time to me this kind of wearable design sounds like it could strike a nice balance between clunky AR glasses and invasive brain implants like neural Inc where the technology is so small it becomes nearly imperceptible but you can still take it out whenever you want we're still probably years away from that reality but I hope you enjoyed getting a glimpse of it I know I did would you wear smart contact lenses let us know down below and for more detailed information on mojo visions prototype smart contact lens check out the beautiful article written for CNET by scott stein I'll put the link for that down in the description thanks so much for watching\n"