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Meet filmmaker who had eyeball replaced with a camera to conduct documentary interviews
But decades on, the Canadian documentary maker had the idea of replacing the eye with a camera.
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Spence - 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.
Spence said: " 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."
Eyeborg
Spence cannot see out of the lens but what the 'eye' can see is visible from a handheld monitor.
The 43-year-old can switch the camera on and off at the tap of a button.