Contact lenses for use in motion capture
View Patent ↗An apparatus for use in motion capture includes a contact lens and a tracking feature incorporated into the contact lens. A method for use in motion capture includes inserting a contact lens having a tracking feature into a performer's eye and tracking movements of the performer's eye using the tracking feature.
1. An apparatus for use in motion capture, comprising:
a contact lens; and
a tracking feature incorporated into the contact lens;
wherein the tracking feature is patterned into two or more regions and arranged to allow tracking of an eye based on tracking of at least one said region in the pattern; and
wherein the tracking feature comprises a reflective dot.
2. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the contact lens comprises two layers of material.
3. An apparatus in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the tracking feature is embedded between the two layers of material.
4. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the tracking feature comprises a shape.
5. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the tracking feature comprises a color different than the rest of the contact lens.