PolyEyes 2.0 Device Lets Wearer See in 180 Degrees
Updated August 16, 2019, originally posted on October 19, 2015
A strange looking device called PolyEyes 2.0 gives the wearer nearly 180 degrees of vision. When the device is put on the wearer appears to have eyes that are very far apart from each other, like a hammerhead shark.
Popular Science reports that PolyEyes uses two Raspberry Pi Camera Modules. The different views from each module are split so that each eye receives a different view.
A video about the making of PolyEyes 2.0 can be found here. PolyEyes is part of a larger project called Polymedia at the Interactive Architecture Lab which is rethinking prosthestics and wearables for the entire human body. The project listing says the "Polymelia Suit (PolyEyes, PolyLimbs, Exoskeleton, Sensing Suit) suggests a new communication language for the future of prosthesis and of humanity."
SlashGear notes that the concept behind Polymedia is shared experiences with the futuristic prosthetic suit being worn by two people and data being shared between them. In the case of two people wearing PolyEyes 2.0, each wearer would be able to see what the other person wearing PolyEyes 2.0 is seeing. That aspect of the project gets a little weird but the concept of broadening an individual person's vision is interesting.