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WORLD OF TOMORROW

Could smart
lenses replace
your smartphone?
AUGMENTED
WORLD
Discover what well see through the
augmented-reality contact lenses

Smart lenses are contact lenses that


display information such as routes,
weather and your Facebook news
feed into your peripheral vision. At
the moment, the most likely team to
crack this is Innovega with its Sightseeing
One Times Square is the
iOptik contact lens, but this system site for the famous New
still uses a pair of glasses that Years Eve Ball Drop.
project semi-transparent screens
onto the lens. The lens contains
optical micro-components that Offers
change the angle of the light, 20m (66ft) back to
focusing it into the pupil. This helps the left is Toys R Us.
Free cuddly toy with
the wearer to focus on the near-eye purchases over
object they otherwise wouldnt $50. Offer available
have been able to. until Sunday.
It is hoped that within three
years a working prototype will be
available that does away with the
Shopping
Forward 50m
glasses entirely, using a (164ft) and turn
microcamera embedded into the left to visit the
three-storey
lens itself.
M&Ms World.
It is already possible for
technology to be implanted into a
contact lens. A team from South
Korea has mounted an LED onto a
Hotel
normal contact lens, which shows Dining Back 20m (66ft) to
the potential of adding technology Back 30m (100ft) to the five-star New
visit Planet Hollywood, York Marriott
to these optical aids.
the world-famous Marquis Hotel with
restaurant filled with the famous
movie memorabilia. revolving roof.
Expedia rating is 4.1.

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