Lying Eyes: Cyborg Glasses Simulate Eye Expressions 56
Rambo Tribble (1273454) writes "A researcher in Japan has taken what is, perhaps, the next step after Google Glass: Glasses which produce animated images of the user's eyes to simulate emotional responses. They are intended to aid workers in emotionally-intensive environments. As the researcher explains, '... they allowed others to feel they were "cared" about ...'"
authenticity (Score:5, Insightful)
Why would anyone interpret simulated expressions as genuine other than to delude themselves? And if you're willing to delude yourself, you could also just interpret apathy as caring. I don't understand how this is supposed to work.
Uncanny valley. (Score:4, Insightful)
Wow they just managed to create uncanny deep holes to fall into.