“Smart Glasses Detect Eye Contact”

Posted on May 23rd, 2004 by Sacha Chua

Canadian researchers have developed a pair of sunglasses that use infrared
to determine whether someone is making eye contact with the wearer, an
ability that could prove useful in video blogging. One of the glasses’
inventors, Roel Vertegaal of Queen’s University’s Media Lab, says the …
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