Contact lenses to replace phone screens soon

Mojo Vision is working on a smart contact lens that is packed with tiny circuits, batteries, and one of the world’s tiniest displays.

Because I couldn’t wear the contact lenses, I tested its eye-tracking technology and demo apps using a virtual reality headset.

Numbers and text appeared in my upper field of vision, displaying, for example, my cycling speed, the weather, or information about an upcoming flight.

Mojo Vision’s lenses are an engineering marvel and one of the most ambitious hardware projects in Silicon Valley right now.

The company had to create its own chemicals and plastic compounds to allow an eyeball to breathe through an electronic lens.

Mojo Vision is developing a lens for visually impaired people that displays glowing, digital edges overlaid on objects to make them easier to see.

It is testing various interfaces with companies that make phone apps for running, skiing, and golfing in order to create a new type of hands-free display of activity.

Consumers could buy a Mojo lens with a bespoke prescription in less than five years, Sinclair says. Augmented reality combines digital elements with physical objects in a constantly changing view.