Enhanced vision

28.07.2023

XPANCEO

A smart contact lens can encompass various functionalities, and we perceive it as the primary digital hub in your life, taking on the role currently held by a smartphone in most cases. However, it offers a wide range of features specific to contact lenses. Let's explore the full scope of these features and consider how a fully developed and advanced device like this can enhance your vision. In this discussion, our focus is primarily on features that enhance the imaging capabilities of your own eyes, rather than relying on external content such as geo and mapping data, messaging, or other integrations.

Night vision – This ranges from the intense infrared vision seen in action movies to providing gentle assistance in low-light conditions. While users with night blindness will find this particularly useful, there is a broader market for this feature, as twilight conditions are challenging for anyone, especially when driving or cycling.
Vision correction – Although vision correction remains an essential feature, a smart lens can offer more flexibility and responsiveness. Similar to bifocal glasses accommodating two use-cases, the lens can adapt its specifications based on the user's needs, time of day, eye fatigue, and other factors at play.
Enhanced imaging – A smart contact lens can dynamically adjust to provide the optimal image 'mode' for the user, sharpening contrast, reducing glare, and adjusting colour saturation. This feature can be applicable to driving, cycling, sports, and addressing special needs such as colour blindness. The modes can activate automatically or on-demand, based on the user's profile, surroundings, and activity.
Zoom – A smart contact lens enables zooming in and out as necessary, or switching to a 'macro' mode to obtain a better view of distant or small objects. The manipulation of light using innovative 2D materials opens up previously unimaginable possibilities. This feature has both professional and personal applications.
Third-party view – A smart lens allows you to see through someone else's eyes, whether it's a teammate, a drone, or any other camera accessible to you. This capability can be highly valuable in critical situations where additional visual information is invaluable. We envision applications in areas such as search and rescue, sports, civil engineering, aviation, transportation, and many others.

These are five ways in which a smart contact lens can evolve beyond the contact lenses you are familiar with, all centered around enhancing the images you perceive from the world around you. The combination of 2D materials that enable unique interactions with light, along with the capabilities of digital imaging, computing, and AI, unlocks a range of possibilities for the smart contact lens as a vision enhancement device. We are determined to fully utilize these opportunities. Stay tuned for more updates.