A set of goggles, which use OLED screens linked to sensors to simulate human emotions has been demonstrated. The device has been designed by a Japanese cybernetics expert, Hidotaka Osawa, and is intended to remove the 'emotion labour' involved in maintaining an interested expression for workers in the service industries.
The goggles called Agency Glass use an embedded gyroscope and accelerometer to track head movements and alter the OLED screen's output in response to a predetermined physical cue - for example blinking when the wearer nods their head.
A camera is used to track and identify faces to allow an impression of eye contact with a conversation partner to be maintained.
In its current format, Agency Glass is far from a commercial rollout as it is both bulky and has a battery life of just one hour. Besides their use by customer-facing employees, the goggles may also in time find a niche with patients who have ocular damage or suffer from a condition like autism.
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