Editing EyeTap (section)

== Possible uses ==
[[File:Musical applications of eyetap.jpg|thumb|Inventor Steve Mann using weather-resistant EyeTap together with a [[hydraulophone]]]]

An EyeTap is somewhat like a [[head-up display]] (HUD). The important difference is that the scene available to the eye is also available to the computer that projects the head-up display. This enables the EyeTap to modify the computer generated scene in response to the natural scene. One use, for instance, would be a sports EyeTap: here the wearer, while in a stadium, would be able to follow a particular player in a field and have the EyeTap display statistics relevant to that player as a floating box above the player. Another practical use for the EyeTap would be in a construction yard as it would allow the user to reference the blueprints, especially in a 3D manner, to the current state of the building, display a list of current materials and their current locations as well perform basic measurements. Or, even in the business world, the EyeTap has great potential, for it would be capable of delivering to the user constant up to date information on the stock market, the user's corporation, and meeting statuses. On a more day-to-day basis some of Steve Mann's first uses for the technology was using it to keep track of names of people and places, his to-do lists, and keeping track of his other daily ordeals.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Steve |last=Mann |author2=James Fung|author3=Chris Aimone|author4=Anurag Sehgal|author5=Daniel Chen |title=Designing EyeTap Digital Eyeglasses for Continuous Lifelong Capture and Sharing of Personal Experiences |url=http://eyetap.org/papers/docs/Eyetap.pdf | publisher=EyeTap Personal Imaging Lab |access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref> The EyeTap Criteria{{Clarify|date=March 2010}} are an attempt to define how close a real, practical device comes to such an ideal. EyeTaps could have great use in any field where the user would benefit from real-time interactive information that is largely visual in nature. This is sometimes referred to as ''[[computer-mediated reality]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last=McCullagh |first=Declan |url=http://news.cnet.com/2008-1082-5067011.html |title=Newsmaker: Cyborgs unite! |publisher=CNET News |date=27 August 2003 |access-date=6 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Brian |first=Bergstein |url=http://www.cjonline.com/stories/011504/tec_view.shtml |title=Computer's eye view |publisher=CJOnline.com |date=15 January 2004 |access-date=3 September 2009}}</ref> commonly known as ''[[augmented reality]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=McCullagh |first=Declan |url=http://news.cnet.com/Snap-photo-first,-answer-questions-later/2100-1028_3-5427788.html |title=Snap photo first, answer questions later |publisher=CNET News |date=26 October 2004 |access-date=6 September 2009}}</ref>

Eyetap has been explored as a potential tool for individuals with [[blindness|visual disabilities]] due to its abilities to direct visual information to parts of the retina that function well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lemmingworks.org/aruneyetap/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819232237/http://lemmingworks.org/aruneyetap/index.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 19, 2011 |title=Blind photographer Arun Blake consulting on Eyetap and blindness in 2004 |first=Jason |last=Nolan |publisher=Lemmingworks.org |access-date=6 September 2009}}</ref> As well, Eyetap's role in [[sousveillance]] has been explored by Mann, Jason Nolan and [[Barry Wellman]].<ref name="Ottawa Citizen sousveillance">{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Don|title=Part VI: Everyone's watching|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/Part+Everyone+watching/1253557/story.html|newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]]|access-date=2 September 2009|date=5 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Mann|first=Steve|author2=Jason Nolan|author3=Barry Wellman|title=Sousveillance: Inventing and Using Wearable Computing Devices for Data Collection in Surveillance Environments|journal=Surveillance & Society|year=2003|volume=1|issue=3|url=http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/articles1(3)/sousveillance.pdf|access-date=6 September 2009|issn=1477-7487|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325090745/http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/articles1(3)/sousveillance.pdf|archive-date=25 March 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Haines|first=Lester|title=Captain Cyborg faces Canadian challenge|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/01/15/captain_cyborg_faces_canadian_challenge/|website=The Register|access-date=2 September 2009|date=15 January 2004}}</ref>