New Display Keeps an Eye On the Viewer 61
Al writes "Researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) have developed an OLED display that doubles as a camera. The idea is to use it in lightweight heads-up displays that track users' eye movements, affording some form of gaze-control. The researchers will demonstrate a prototype at the Society for Information Display conference in San Antonio this week. The current version has a simple monochromatic display: it is 1.25 centimeters on each side, with a resolution of 320 by 240 pixels. The team at Fraunhofer IPMS has also partnered with Novaled, an OLED company that manufactures high-quality white diodes, and plans to make color prototypes using the technology."
Incorporate this in a TV along with a cable modem- (Score:1, Insightful)
And BLAMMO-- Big brother is watching!
Apple might have a patent for this... (Score:4, Insightful)
Prototype, eh? (Score:5, Insightful)
In other news, I have made a prototype flying car in my garage. It doesn't fly yet, but I have put some stylish looking fins on it.
Re:Prototype, eh? (Score:4, Insightful)
Also this is proof of concept. It doesn't really matter whether the resolution is 12 or 1024.
Re:reversal (Score:5, Insightful)
You laugh, but this invention is important. Video-phones cannot catch on without it, because humans require eye contact in order to trust each other. You can't have eye contact over a video-phone unless your camera is also your monitor.