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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Wearable Eyes' Make You Appear Friendly, Social Even When You're Not
Have you ever had trouble concentrating in the office as people walk by and glance at you? Do you come off as unfriendly or aloof, when you're really just focusing on your work?
Dr. Hirotaka Osawa from Tsukuba University, in Japan, has developed a new wearable device to help us with something called "emotional labor." His idea is that people could adopt cyborg technology to increase the emotional comfort of those around us. In this case, the device is a crazy pair of glasses that display eyeballs on their lenses.
The device's virtual eyes naturally follow people and movement, making it appear as though you're friendly and approachable, even if you're too busy doing something else or too tired to actually look friendly and approachable.
"This emotional support reduces a user's cognitive load for social manners," Osawa says.
Dr. Hirotaka Osawa from Tsukuba University, in Japan, has developed a new wearable device to help us with something called "emotional labor." His idea is that people could adopt cyborg technology to increase the emotional comfort of those around us. In this case, the device is a crazy pair of glasses that display eyeballs on their lenses.
The device's virtual eyes naturally follow people and movement, making it appear as though you're friendly and approachable, even if you're too busy doing something else or too tired to actually look friendly and approachable.
"This emotional support reduces a user's cognitive load for social manners," Osawa says.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/wearable-eyes-agencyglass-emotional-cyborgs
Maybe they can develop something to make it appear that you are not grumpy when you are.
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'Wearable Eyes' Make You Appear Friendly, Social Even When You're Not (Original Post)
FarCenter
Apr 2014
OP
Didn't Calvin invent something like this, made out of two halves of a ping-pong ball ? nt
eppur_se_muova
Apr 2014
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tridim
(45,358 posts)1. Or just fill your office with Nitrous Oxide gas. Done and done.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)2. They work for Minnie Driver
PumpkinAle
(1,210 posts)3. Secret break time
............. where do I sign up
Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)4. That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen.
IDemo
(16,926 posts)5. Those would be great for meetings
Now if they only develop snore-masking technology.
FSogol
(45,485 posts)6. Did April Fool's Day come late this year?
Did someone think it was serious?
MADem
(135,425 posts)7. I'm sorry...this poor slob looks like a dork to me.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)10. Without a doubt....
I can definitely see how wearing those things would relieve one of the "cognitive load of social manners".
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)8. We've got that sort of thing already.
Alcohol.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)9. Perfect for jury duty
eppur_se_muova
(36,263 posts)11. Didn't Calvin invent something like this, made out of two halves of a ping-pong ball ? nt
frylock
(34,825 posts)12. meh. i'll just stick with googly eyes.
toddwv
(2,830 posts)13. They're not laughing happily because you're visually acknowledging their presence...
They're laughing because you look like a complete idiot.