What Happens to 2D Content in Smart Contact Lenses?

What Happens to 2D Content in Smart Contact Lenses?

Smart contact lenses can revolutionize the way we interact with 'flat', 2D content. Computer screens have been a staple for years, and despite numerous iterations and improvements, they've only experienced two fundamental shifts: from text to graphics, and from view-only to touchscreen. Everything else, including color, resolution, size, frequency, curvature, and imaging technology, are merely refinements to the core concept.

While visual output is essential, at least until we develop advanced non-invasive neural interfaces, it doesn't have to be confined to a flat, limited screen surface. A smart contact lens offers several modes that would typically require a full-screen viewing or working experience.

  1. Desktop screen: A square flat screen could still be available if needed (and considering our familiarity with computer screens, this mode might be highly in demand). This mode would be useful when working or watching content in transit or in public, while preserving your privacy.

  2. Living room TV: This is a larger version of the previous mode, anchored to a fixed point in your environment (like a wall), and shareable among multiple viewers. Here's where things get interesting - you could watch a movie together, fully synchronized, but each viewer could have their own subtitles or brightness settings, tailored to their specific needs and preferences.

  3. Cinema screen: This mode is a virtual equivalent of a large curved desktop screen or an individual IMAX experience. While it's not a virtual reality experience, the content you're viewing would occupy most, if not all, of your field of view.

These modes involve intuitive, hands-free control, adaptive transparency, and contrast depending on circumstances, seamless switching between viewing content and other tasks, and the option to anchor the 'screen' to a fixed object in your physical environment or the viewer's gaze (e.g., attached to the treadmill display or moving with you around the gym). A combination of these features would also enable a 'tutorial' mode – where an instructional video feed could overlay what you're doing, providing easy visual cues for activities like cooking, origami, or maintenance routines.

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