Comment by neilv
22 days ago
I live in town, and walk past countless stopped and moving cars every day.
I also know how the tech industry makes decisions about safety and responsibility (hahaha...). And I have seen some of the recent changes that automakers have somehow slipped past safety regulators. So it seems foolish to trust any of them on this safety issue.
Do we all have to move to rural areas, if we want to be able to go outside without wearing laser safety goggles?
Time to make a sunglasses and window tint company specifically formulating their products to shield from these kinds of lasers.
If you find anything, please let me know. The least obtrusive option I've found is this Zeiss lens coating ("Thermo Force") which claims to block 90% of IR "between 780 and 2000 nm", which covers the NIR used in both types of lidar. It only seems to be available as part of sunglasses though.
Laser safety glasses are off-the-shelf, but are usually tuned for a single band stop. There are at least three frequencies of near IR LiDAR in use in the wild.
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You know, I was just thinking a headset like Oculus would be pretty great for night driving if it was sensitive enough; my night vision is getting really bad and coupled with most new cars having annoyingly bright LED lamps with auto-high beams it's getting super uncomfortable to drive in the dark. Then that would automatically shield eyes from lasers!
One could go further, and have an integrated system where the headset shows video feed from cameras around the car. You could almost get a 3rd person view of your own car like in video games.