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Corkadillo: Smart contact lens mass adoption is 40 to 50 years away

Brian Corkadillo · 29,000 Zoning Codes - Brian's AI Agent Will Know All of Them · Jul 1, 2025 · at 20:39

Brian Corkadillo responds to Sean Weisbrot's prediction that contact lenses are the key form factor for spatial computing adoption.

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“I don't think contacts are what we're going to see in our lifetime. I think that's a 40, 50 year adoption.”

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The claim, plainly

Mass adoption of computing contact lenses will not occur within 40 years (before July 2065).

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Assessment

The claim asserts that mass adoption of computing contact lenses will not occur before July 2065 (a 40-year horizon from July 2025). As of September 2026, computing contact lenses remain in early technological development and modular prototyping (e.g., XPANCEO) with no mass-market consumer adoption. Because mass adoption has not occurred to falsify the claim, and 39 years remain before the stated July 2065 deadline, the outcome cannot yet be determined.

Mojo Vision halted AR smart contact lens development in January 2023 to pivot to micro-LED displays, operating as a display hardware platform as of August 2026.
XPANCEO modular prototypes remain in pre-commercial development as of mid-2026, with full integrated prototype demonstrations targeted for early 2027.
As of September 2026, consumer active users of computing contact lenses remain near zero, with commercial applications limited to clinical sensor devices.

Checked against

[1] uploadvr.com [2] microled-info.com [3] xpanceo.com [4] iten.com [5] optica.org [6] medium.com [7] mordorintelligence.com [8] cairns.ae

smart contact lenses market adoption status technology 2024 2025 2026 Mojo Vision smart contact lens pivot microLED XPANCEO smart contact lens testing trials smart contact lens medical consumer market size 2025 2026

assessed as of 2026-09-02

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⏳ prediction date: 2065-07-01; checked again automatically on the next resolution wave

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