Eye-controlled video camera

Here's a last-minute gem from CeBIT — a video camera controlled by the eyes. We've seen stuff like this years ago with eye-scanning viewfinders that track focal points, but this working prototype developed at Munich's Ludwig-Maximilians University does full camera movement. It is expected to have applications for psychology and market research — not to mention the obvious fashion uptake we can expect from it.

[Dennis @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

That guy looks like a fucking tool.

[Bill @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

He's more of a peripheral.

[Dennis @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

I guess it's a nice peripheral for sex cam operators; leaves those hands free for...

[dave @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Please let me hit him please

[010111 @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

what is really cool is that to the untrained eye you can barely even tell that you are wearing anything other than a normal pair of eyeglasses.

[The Truth @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

If we sent this photo to all of this guys' high school classmates Im pretty sure they wont be surprised...

[ben @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

I belive canon and a camcorder that focused on where your eye was looking in the viewfinder in the 90s.

[Barry B @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Back in the day data from studies using the precursors to this thing were really helpful in showing the differences in how experts and novices read. Worked great for music and text read aloud. The pro musicians were especially good at reading way ahead of where they were playing. If this thing gets cheap enough I could see schools using it for diagnosing reading problems in young students. Having that information early on would be a huge help to teachers.

[num10ck @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

maybe this could be used to make more blairwitch style movie shots, not that we need them.

[Dave @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Five is alive!

[RRF @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

The St. Patrick's edition

http://members.aol.com/galgal74/pic/stpatsspecial

[Joey Geraci @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Go Dave, I can't even remember what movie that is from but it so fits.

[Andy @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

"Does holding up this LCD screen make me look like a dork?"

alt:

"Buy the new IR webcam enabled X-ray glasses! See through people's clothes without them realising anything! No one will ever suspect the secret of your super X RAY VISION! Unobtrusive and discrete - looks just like a regular pair of safety goggles with a bunch of crap taped to them!"

[granny down east @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Joey, "Short Circuit". Five *is* alive!
granny