15 Terrifying Technology Patents That Gave Us Knots In Our Stomachs

MoviePass is upping their game with a new app that tracks your eyes to make sure you're really watching the ads.

MoviePass is at it again, this time with a new twist that will have you keeping your eyes on the screen. If you want to use the digital currency earned by watching ads on their upcoming app to "buy" movies, you'll have to make sure MoviePass detects that you're actually paying attention. The eye-tracking software will pause if it doesn't detect your gaze fixed on the movie. And Amazon Ring wants in on the future of home security with facial recognition technology that would scan visitors for irises, skin texture and more before letting them in. If anyone deemed "suspicious" showed up, homeowners would be alerted or all doors in the house locked automatically. Disney, on the other hand, is working towards creating personalized experiences for visitors by way of virtual simulations displayed through custom images according to tracking devices worn by guests in their venues--a concept first imagined in 2006 by George Saunders' satirical fiction story entitled "My Flamboyant Grandson." 

Facebook just wants to make sure your messages have the right amount of sass.

IPVision  

This facial recognition software is patented for some creepy things, like deciding whether or not to grant access to people based on their face.

Interesting Engineering  

This is truly next-level couch potatoing: Sony developed a patent for a device that would detect your emotions while you're vegging out in front of the PlayStation.

Euro Gamer  

Google can track your eye movements and match them with ads, as well as tell how you feel about an ad based on pupil dilation.

PC Mag  

Microsoft

BBC 

Microsoft has a new patent that would use sensors to detect when you're frustrated or stressed, and offer assistance.

WSJ / Digital Trends 

This teddy bear is no ordinary stuffed animal--it's a Google-patented Wi-Fi device controller!

CNN  

Disney is working on a patent for virtual simulations that would be used in real-world venues, like their theme parks.

Insidehook / Travel and Leisure 

With Amazon Ring, your home will be a fortress, scanning visitors for facial recognition, irises, skin texture and more.

Know Techie 

If you want to use MoviePass's digital currency to "buy" movies, you'll have to keep your eyes on the screen.

IFL Science  

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