Upgrading from the bulky head-up display (HUD) equipment currently used by the U.S. military, the Pentagon has ordered contact lenses that provide an augmented reality display system with expanded field of vision.
“The system, called iOptik and developed by Innovega, allows the wearer to focus on a HUD at the same time as the surrounding environment by projecting an image onto different sections of the lens,” reports The Verge. “HUD information goes through to the center of the pupil, and light from the wearer’s peripheral vision is filtered out to avoid interference.”
Innovega CEO Steve Willey said eventually the lenses could be used for consumer applications like 3D movies, gaming or augmented reality like Google’s recently-released Project Glass.
The post features a 3-minute video interview with Innovega CTO Randall Sprague.
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