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Cryptizard t1_isee9mn wrote

I'm not sure there would be a big demand for implants or contacts. Why would you want it when you could get the same thing much less invasively with just glasses? The vast majority of people who qualify for LASIK, for instance, just keep wearing glasses because they don't want to have surgery on their eyes and glasses are completely fine.

You also have a lot more room to put processors, battery, etc. in glasses so could probably have a much better product.

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LightEye3 t1_isgdf46 wrote

I don’t need glasses but I will jump at the first opportunity to get eye implants that will let me zoom, record and whatever other benefits come along with it for sure. Been a huge fan of the idea of cybernetic implants and Ghost in the Shell ever since I first saw it so many years ago when it released. Cyborg me up!

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Cryptizard t1_isgfuqi wrote

You are probably not thinking it through. Imagine if every time you wanted to upgrade to the newest iPhone you had to have invasive surgery. Now also remember that as we get closer to the singularity newer better technology is going to be coming out faster and faster. Wouldn’t you rather it just be a wearable item that you could swap easily?

There’s also the risk that your implant just stops being supported and then you have no working eyes.

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