Tuesday 2 October 2012

The "EyeWriter"

This device was created by a large group of people for the graffiti that is known as Tempt1 aka Tony Quan. He was diagnosed with ASL which caused him to be completely paralyzed and unable to paint anymore and had to communicate through technology such as computers. The device made it so that Tony was able to paint again using his eyesight and the negative from a laser pointer that a camera attached to his glasses picks up. The group got funding of $18,000 as a starting budget to programme and manufacture these devices, that is only made up of PlayStation eye camera that has been hacked a part, a laser pointer and a pair of cheap glasses. The hardware can made cheaply and effectively and all of the software is free to download and install, make it readily available for anyone how is paralyzed. Everyone thought that this was impossible task but through hard work and a team of people from different fields they managed to make the impossible possible and change the world around them.

This technology is amazing as it has so much potential to help people. The way it was made also has the potential to imagine new and fresh ways to solve problems in real life with technology, this in a games design sense could be new mechanics or even consoles or technology to run them. It even has the potential to bring amazing artists and designers that have been forced to leave their career back to doing what they love.

"A diagram of the EyeWriter"

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