MEET THE 40-YEAR OLD FILMMAKER WHO REPLACED HIS EYEBALL WITH A VIDEO CAMERA (PHOTOS)

All for the sole purpose of conducting documentaries.

Rob Spence lost one of his eye when he was only 9-years old as a result of a shooting accident.

Decades later, he had the bright idea of replacing the eye with a camera instead.
The Canadian film-maker who now calls himself Eyeborg – said the eye-cam allows him to conduct interviews without the intrusion or distraction of bulky cameras or film crews.


But due to the technology of the camera, it can only be used for three minutes at a time without overheating.

Literally everybody [said] it as a joke – ‘Oh, you should get an eye camera’.
The two reactions are, ‘Wow, that’s so cool’ — and, after a few moments’ reflection, ‘But that’s so creepy’.
I’ve actually started wondering, do we want to have constant video of our lives? It’s just another data set. And I don’t know the answer, but I think no, we don’t want that. But it’s coming anyway.

He said.

The eye-cam resembles a regular prosthetic eye but it is embedded with a camera which can be switched on and off at the tap of a button.

Although, Spence cannot see out of the lense but what the ‘eye’ can see is visible from a handheld monitor.
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