Engineers have created a preliminary model of a strange camera that is completely similar to the human eye, and they called it Eyecam.
Inspired by animation, EYECAM is suspended in the front part of the computer screen and can pay attention to the right and the left - and even flash - while tracking the face of each individual during a video call.
At first glance, it appears frighteningly realistic, starting from the wrinkles of the skin, to the hair from which the eyebrows and red vessels are formed over the whites of the eye.
Eycam, which consists of engines surrounded by 3D printed silicone, is open source, which means that you can create your own version at home.
Eycam was created by Mark Tayseer and his team at the Human-Compater Interaction Laboratory at Sarland University, Germany.
Similar to human physical function, the camera consists of three main parts, the skin layer, the musculoskeletal system (robotic) and an eye frying.
A small camera is placed inside the eyeball, sensing a high -resolution image.This camera is connected to Raspberry Pi Zero and is discovered by computer as a traditional webcam for delivery and operation.
Like a person, Eycam always flashes and the eyelids are dying dynamically with the movements of the eyeball, according to the facilitation.
"When EyCAM looks up, the upper eyelid opens widely while the lower eyelid is completely closed," he says..Eycam can be independent and interact on its own with external stimuli, such as the presence of users in front of them.“
Taysir says on his website that the sensors are everywhere, to the extent that we have become unaware of their existence.
Computer cameras have become smaller in the past 20 years, most of which are now in the form of a small circuit that is barely noticeable at the top of any device.
Other devices that contain integrated registration equipment, such as safety cameras for the smart home, are now deliberately designed to integrate in their vicinity.
Eyecam has been designed to do so completely, in fact, it was designed to give anyone who encounters a little shock.
يقول تيسير على موقعه على الإنترنت: “نحن محاطون بأجهزة استشعار“.
And that is through the cameras that watch us on the street, Google or Alexa who listen to us or the webcam in our laptop, all look at us constantly.
“The cameras have become almost invisible, mixed in our daily lives, to the extent that we have become not aware of their existence and stop skepticism in their form, and how they behave.“
Human eyes are necessary to communicate, so Eyecam can help users to maintain eye contact during daily video calls.
يقول تيسير: “في حين أن كاميرات الويب تتشارك الغاية نفسها مع العين البشرية، من جهة تأمين الرؤية، ولكنها ليست معبرة ، ولا تنقل التأثير والانفعالات كما تفعل العيون البشرية“.
“Through looks, we can realize happiness, anger, boredom, or fatigue.Eyes move when someone is curious and starts directly to keep the focus.
“We are aware of these reaction signals that affect our social behavior.Eycam returns the emotional aspects of the eye in the camera.“
Tayseer has composed a research paper about the device with his colleagues, while the open source warehouse is available on its website.
