Scientists develop a real-life 'cyclops lens' with a laser pointer

Scientists have taken inspiration from X-Men's Cyclops and created a contact lens that points a red laser at what the wearer is looking at. The regular-size contact lens is fitted with a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) which points in the direction the user is looking. French engineers used off-the-shelf components to create a working prototype which can be used for gaze recognition. Gaze recognition is a budding field of research and could be the next frontier for computer systems. Instead of using a touch screen or a mouse to control a device, gaze recognition would allow users to select options on a display just by looking at them.