Editing EyeTap (section)

{{Short description|Wearable computer worn in front of the eye}}
[[File:Aimoneyetap.jpg|thumb|275px|Man wearing a one-eyed [[injection molding|injection-molded]] EyeTap]]
[[File:MannGlassEye1999crop.jpg|thumb|275px|EyeTap inventor [[Steve Mann (inventor)|Steve Mann]] wearing a metal frame Laser EyeTap (computer-controlled laser light source run from "GlassEye" camera)]]

An '''EyeTap'''<ref>{{cite news| url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002244359_btdownload18.html | work=The Seattle Times | title=Seattle band has already benefited by using ringtone | date=18 April 2005|access-date=3 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="Daily Times cyborg">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_19-1-2004_pg6_4 |title=Why life as a cyborg is better |newspaper=Daily Times |date=19 January 2004 |access-date=3 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="USAToday Steve Mann">{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-01-12-steve-mann_x.htm | work=USA Today |agency=[[Associated Press]] | title=Professor's 25 years of cyborg life mirrors tech advances | first=Brian | last=Bergstein | date=12 January 2004 | access-date=2 September 2009}}</ref> is a concept for a [[wearable computer|wearable computing]] device that is worn in front of the [[human eye|eye]] that acts as a [[camera]] to record the scene available to the eye as well as a display to superimpose [[computer-generated imagery]] on the original scene available to the eye.<ref name="USAToday Steve Mann"/><ref name="USAToday wearable computer">{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/ccmak000.htm | work=USA Today | title=The ultimate wearable computer | date=25 June 2001 | access-date=3 September 2009}}</ref> This structure allows the user's eye to operate as both a monitor and a camera as the EyeTap intakes the world around it and augments the image the user sees allowing it to overlay computer-generated data over top of the normal world the user would perceive.

In order to capture what the eye is seeing as accurately as possible, an EyeTap uses a [[beam splitter]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/74253046.html?dids=74253046:74253046&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+20%2C+2001&author=Andy+Grieser+Special+to+the+Tribune&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Now+computers+are+built+to+suit+Wearable+technology+has+a+few+wrinkles%2C+but+usage+is+expanding&pqatl=google | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022115315/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/74253046.html?dids=74253046:74253046&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+20,+2001&author=Andy+Grieser+Special+to+the+Tribune&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Now+computers+are+built+to+suit+Wearable+technology+has+a+few+wrinkles,+but+usage+is+expanding&pqatl=google | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 22, 2012 | work=Chicago Tribune | title=Now computers are built to suit Wearable technology has a few wrinkles, but usage is expanding | date=20 June 2001 | first=Andy | last=Grieser|access-date=3 September 2009}}</ref> to send the same scene (with reduced intensity) to both the eye and a camera. The camera then digitizes the reflected image of the scene and sends it to a computer. The computer processes the image and then sends it to a projector. The projector sends the image to the other side of the beam splitter so that this computer-generated image is reflected into the eye to be superimposed on the original scene. Stereo EyeTaps modify light passing through both eyes, but many research prototypes (mainly for reasons of ease of construction) only tap one eye.

''EyeTap'' is also the name of an organization founded by inventor [[Steve Mann (inventor)|Steve Mann]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADA50E603C5306&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |title=Being Steve Mann: Cyberwear pioneer alters his reality| date=26 March 2000 | work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|page=A17|access-date=3 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Brad King |url=https://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2002/03/50976 |title=Part Man, Part Film, All Mann |website=Wired.com |date= 12 March 2002|access-date=3 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Cyborg genius claims he's the next step in human evolution|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/29167_Cyborg-genius-claims-he-s-the-next-step-in-human-evolution|newspaper=[[The Jamaica Observer]]|access-date=24 February 2013|date=3 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061742/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/29167_Cyborg-genius-claims-he-s-the-next-step-in-human-evolution|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/25/science/scientist-at-work-steve-mann-real-life-cyborg-challenges-reality-with-technology.html | work=The New York Times | title=SCIENTIST AT WORK: STEVE MANN; Real-Life Cyborg Challenges Reality With Technology | first=Bruce | last=Schechter | date=25 September 2001 | access-date=3 September 2009}}</ref> to develop and promote EyeTap-related technologies such as [[wearable computer]]s.<ref name="USAToday wearable computer"/><ref>{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/425877971.html?dids=425877971:425877971&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+08%2C+2001&author=Eric+Shinn&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Part+man%2C+part+machine-+all+nerd+%3B+%27Wearable+computer%27+pioneer+Steve+Mann+keeps+one+eye+locked+on+the+future| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411160100/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/425877971.html?dids=425877971:425877971&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+08,+2001&author=Eric+Shinn&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Part+man,+part+machine-+all+nerd+;+'Wearable+computer'+pioneer+Steve+Mann+keeps+one+eye+locked+on+the+future| url-status=dead| archive-date=April 11, 2013| title=Part man, part machine – all nerd; 'Wearable computer' pioneer Steve Mann keeps one eye locked on the future | first=Eric | last=Shinn | date=8 July 2001|access-date=3 September 2009 | work=Toronto Star}}</ref>