Worn Eyes Will Help You Look Friendly

The Japanese are a very strange nation, just look at the examples of their television advertising. So only a real Japanese could create a device, which will be discussed below :)

Have you ever had trouble concentrating on your business when people walk around and look at you? Become withdrawn and alienated by focusing on your work? Dr. Hirotaka Osawa of the University of Tsukuba has developed a device that should help people in such a matter as " emotional work ." That is, to help demonstrate to other people emotions that you do not feel at all. And since human eyes give us the lion's share of information about emotions, it is quite logical that the author of the invention chose the eye emulator.
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Virtual eyes literally follow the people around them, giving the impression that the owner of the glasses is friendly and open, even if he is too busy to look at someone, or very tired. “This emotional prosthesis helps reduce the social burden,” says Osawa.



The device has several possibilities: when you put your head back, the “eyes” rise up, giving the impression that you are thinking. If you nod or shake your head, the “eyes” blinked. Approaching other people and recognizing the position of their faces is provided by a remote camera.



When asked if this was right, to deceive others, Osawa replied that people see that you are wearing special glasses, which minimizes cheating. The author also quotes the sociologist Hochschild , who raised the topic of stress experienced by many people whose profession implies "emotional work."

Even when we recognize a false location, we are not aware of the price that a person pays for it in order to earn a living. Like a manual worker who is emotionally removed from her work, an “emotional worker” can withdraw not only from her own manifestations of emotions (for example, a smile on duty), but also from what she actually feels (a sense of friendliness). Internal detachment is a form of protection from stress, and it is a kind of professional "disease."

Osawa does not stop at what has been accomplished and is now working on a device that represents a smile. How far can these technologies go? Maybe soon we will create whole artificial faces?