Gaze detector lets you hear with your eyes

If we're not absorbing information at an alarming and astounding rate 24/7, we start feeling a little hollow and frivolous, being surrounded with all this connected technology and what not. Thankfully Manabe Hiroyuki (pictured) at NTT DoCoMo took the time to develop and create the wearable headphone gaze detector; slightly less elegant than the traditional neural implant, with this system you could not only record the goings on of your days and "bookmark" important events, but also train the cameras to feed you information about your surroundings based on QR codes or possibly eventually object recognition; think of it as augmented aural reality triggered by giving a passing glance. Shine on, you crazy diamond - -we think you might just have Masahiko Tsukamoto beat this time.

[Via pasta and vinegar]

[pbase @ Jun 12th 2006 2:43AM]

If I understand correctly, this device gauges how long you stare at an object or event, and based on the length of your gaze, rates your interest in said happenstance for your to peruse later on.
Am I right?

[J.Hockenberry @ Jun 12th 2006 3:25AM]

Ryan, I think you need to get some sleep.

[dcknow @ Jun 12th 2006 3:41AM]

Hmmm, looks like the brainwashing device used by the Japanese cult, Aum Shinrikyo.

[CJ @ Jun 12th 2006 4:19AM]

pbase: As I understand it, the headphones record your eye movements without actually looking at your eyes (totally cool in and of itself), and the cameras on either side of the head record everything you could be looking at. The two inputs (the camera image and where you're looking) are overlaid, and you then get a video diary of your day, replete with pointers showing what you're looking at throughout the day. I'm still a little confused about the whole bookmark thing: you look at a barcode, and then later on when you view the video, the point at which you look at the barcode activates the browser link displaying information about that object (I think).

Augmented Reality is still too trippy to handle this early in the AM...Ryan, I think *I* need some sleep...

[asurroca @ Jun 12th 2006 9:16AM]

Sounds interesting. The problem is, for object recognition to be of any use, wouldn't this have to be tied into an absurdly extensive database of, well, just about everything to generate meaningful "bookmarks"?

AR is still a ways off (web5.0 anyone?) but I hope it hits the mainstream someday, because the idea of social networking and tagging and bookmarking the real world like we do on the web is fantastic.

I can see it now, the blog of the future, an RSS feed of exactly what Joe Public is seeing. This would bring about a whole new crop of privacy concerns, eh? Alright, you folks are right, it is early in the morning and AR is already making my head hurt...

[chris @ Jun 12th 2006 9:35AM]

hm, one step closer to getting the "Feed"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0763622591/sr=8-1/qid=1150119295/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-5370525-9612807?%5Fencoding=UTF8

[jorellh @ Jun 12th 2006 9:41AM]

Seems this will probably capture a lot of women's t-shirts.

[Oersoep @ Jun 21st 2006 6:55AM]

So... it gets trained by what youre staring at?

So this device makes sure you dont miss out on any cleavage?

[Dave @ Jun 21st 2006 11:56AM]

What you need is a device that capture everything going on around you but also takes special notes of what you are focused on. That way you can replay your day and focus on something else if you want to. You could also share your day with other people and they can play it like VR.

[Felipe Sanches @ Jun 21st 2006 11:23PM]

I invite you all to improve all these ideas on http://future.wikia.com/wiki/Augmented_reality

[Chad @ Jun 22nd 2006 7:00AM]

Looks so portable, next years fashion statement, forget about the razr phone.