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FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 12:57 PM Apr 2014

'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.


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
Or just fill your office with Nitrous Oxide gas. Done and done. tridim Apr 2014 #1
They work for Minnie Driver lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #2
Secret break time PumpkinAle Apr 2014 #3
That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Vashta Nerada Apr 2014 #4
Those would be great for meetings IDemo Apr 2014 #5
Did April Fool's Day come late this year? FSogol Apr 2014 #6
I'm sorry...this poor slob looks like a dork to me. MADem Apr 2014 #7
Without a doubt.... jberryhill Apr 2014 #10
We've got that sort of thing already. NuclearDem Apr 2014 #8
Perfect for jury duty DefenseLawyer Apr 2014 #9
Didn't Calvin invent something like this, made out of two halves of a ping-pong ball ? nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2014 #11
meh. i'll just stick with googly eyes. frylock Apr 2014 #12
They're not laughing happily because you're visually acknowledging their presence... toddwv Apr 2014 #13
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
10. Without a doubt....
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 02:41 PM
Apr 2014

I can definitely see how wearing those things would relieve one of the "cognitive load of social manners".

toddwv

(2,830 posts)
13. They're not laughing happily because you're visually acknowledging their presence...
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 07:01 PM
Apr 2014

They're laughing because you look like a complete idiot.

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