Imagine if your contact lenses could not only correct your vision but also guide you through a crowded street, track your health, and display your to-do list—all while staying completely invisible to others. Sounds like sci-fi, but Mojo Vision is making it real with their ground-breaking smart contact lenses.
Mojo Vision’s lens has features like real-time data displays, better image clarity, and zooming capabilities up to 14x. It also includes a tiny micro-LED display with wireless communication and eye movement sensors.
In January 2023, Mojo Vision shifted its focus from developing smart contact lenses to working on Micro LED display technology.
This Mojo Vision lens offers a new experience of augmented reality (AR) through a simple and immersive interface. It shows “floating” content in your field of vision, which can be positioned to the left, right, above, or below. You control when to view or hide the content, blending digital information with the real world. This feature is useful for many, like athletes tracking performance, technicians viewing schematics, or people with vision impairments navigating safely or spotting hazards more easily.
Will These Lenses Affect Your Eyes?
The Mojo Vision Contact Lens is designed to be safe and comfortable, but there are a few things to consider. The lenses are scleral, meaning they sit on the whites of your eyes (sclera) rather than the sensitive cornea. This design reduces discomfort since the sclera has fewer nerve endings. Each lens is custom-fitted to match your eye’s unique shape, ensuring a secure and comfortable fit for extended use.
However, wearing the lenses for long periods could cause dryness or irritation for some users, similar to other contact lenses. Proper cleaning and maintenance are essential to prevent infections or other issues. These augmented reality contact lenses are made from medical-grade materials and go through rigorous testing, but as with any new technology, the long-term effects are not fully understood yet.
What are the features of Mojo Vision’s smart contact lenses?
- MicroLED Display: A 14,000 pixels-per-inch display projects high-resolution AR content directly into your field of vision.
- Invisible Computing Platform: Unlike traditional AR devices, the lens provides a discreet, hands-free AR experience with no external screens or glasses, blending seamlessly into daily life.
- Real-Time Eye-Controlled Interface: The lens tracks eye movements with extreme precision, allowing users to interact with AR content by simply looking at it—no need for external controllers or hand gestures.
- Dual Functionality: AR + Health Monitoring: In addition to AR, the lens can monitor health by analyzing tear fluid, tracking intraocular pressure, and potentially detecting early signs of glaucoma.
- Multi-Purpose Relay Accessory: Unlike standalone AR glasses, the lens connects wirelessly to a compact relay device that handles processing and communication, enabling lightweight and energy-efficient operation.
Patents behind Mojo Vision’s Smart Contact Lenses
- US12067933B2 (Contact lenses with augmented reality display)
The patent describes a micro-LED display hthat as tiny, individually controlled LEDs. Each LED has a driver that controls its brightness using pulse-width modulation (PWM). The driver has several input nodes for brightness control, one output node for the drive signal, and transistors that use clock signals to manage the connection between the input and output nodes.
2. US2024069364A1 (Energy harvesting mechanisms in smart contact lenses)
The patent describes an electronic contact lens that includes a receiver that helps adjust its performance. It has a system to fine-tune the signals by using a voltage-controlled oscillator and two circuits: one to align the signals and another to adjust for any offsets. The receiver can switch between setup and regular modes to adjust the system based on the signal it receives.
3. WO2023097033A1 (Smart contact lenses with advanced eye-tracking capabilities)
This patent describes a micro battery that is designed to be small and uses automated machinery for efficient production. One design has a terminal in the case connected to two electrodes, with one electrode having a pin that goes through the terminal. Another design uses a press-fitting method for compact sizes, with a case width of no more than two millimeters and the first electrode connected to the terminal.
4. US11740445B2 (Wireless Power Transmission)
An eye-mounted device integrates an imaging system within a contact lens, allowing the user to capture imagery of their external environment. The imaging system employs a folded optical path, utilizing a two-mirror design with a concave mirror followed by a convex mirror to fit within the limited space of the contact lens.
5. US2023359272A1 (Privacy in Augmented Reality)
This patent describes how an icon in smart glasses or contact lenses stays stable and aligned with the user’s eye movement, even when the head moves. The icon is discreet yet noticeable and can be interacted with through simple eye gestures, like focusing on it to control functions like notifications and menus.
Conclusion
In the rapidly growing field of smart eyewear, companies like Apple, Google, and Samsung are also exploring AR glasses and wearable displays. However, Mojo Vision’s smart contact lenses stand apart with their unique, compact design, offering a truly invisible AR experience directly on the eye. Unlike bulky glasses, Mojo Vision’s lenses provide a more seamless, unobtrusive interaction while maintaining advanced functionalities like eye-tracking and health monitoring. With its transformative potential, Mojo Vision’s smart contact lenses could revolutionize how we interact with digital content, making it more intuitive and integrated into our daily lives while opening new possibilities for healthcare, entertainment, and beyond.