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Imagine wearing a pair of contact lenses that works like a television screen? Yes, you read that right.

If you have ever dreamt of a sci-fi future in which neon interfaces swim in front of your vision and information gets projected onto our eyes, you are two steps closer to realizing your dream.

Bellevue, a Washington-based Innovega is all set to launch its iOptik system, a special contact lenses that can directly read the light from projectors fitted to glasses.

The tiny 'screens' sit directly on a users' eyeballs and work with a pair of lightweight glasses.

Together, they provide an experience equivalent to watching a 240-inch television at a distance of 10 feet, according to Innovega's chief executive Steve Willey.

The glasses come with built-in micro-projectors. The contact lenses, however, are more complex devices.

“They can be worn on their own and only function with the iOptik software when a user looks through the company's paired glasses,” write dailymail.co.uk.

You can use this device with smartphones or portable game devices to deliver video - or switch to a translucent 'augmented reality' view.

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