Eyephone

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A device that allows the wearer to watch video material as if immersed in the world being shown. sometimes

    "One system in the works in this country would have us wearing "eyephones," a helmet-like apparatus with a small TV screen […] With the eyephones, each eye will receive only one field, but filters will adjust the picture."

Example

More examples

"One system in the works in this country would have us wearing "eyephones," a helmet-like apparatus with a small TV screen […] With the eyephones, each eye will receive only one field, but filters will adjust the picture."

Etymology

From eye + phone. Compare earphone.

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