Fashion: Contact Lens
Mirrored contact lenses   (+20)  [vote for, against]
Cool contact lenses

Like half-mirrored sunglasses, I think half-mirrored contact lenses would look cool.
-- hippo, Jul 04 2000

(??) Baked. http://www.hallowee.../silverrightlar.jpg
(Visit the main page for ordering info. They cost $350.) [egnor, Jul 04 2000, last modified Oct 05 2004]

(??) Mirrored Lenses http://www.lensques...uctID=615/do=detail
Here are mirrored contact lenses. [gumonyershoe, Sep 29 2002, last modified Oct 21 2004]

Archive http://web.archive..../silverrightlar.jpg
The Internet Archive does HalloweenNight [Chrontius, Nov 05 2004]

Fx Eyes http://fxeyes.com/custom_lenses.html
The mirrored lenses Riddick wore and another sclera type [Scynister, Aug 26 2007]

Eyesbright http://www.eyesbrig...-Lenses/product.htm
The budget version [jtp, Oct 19 2007]

They would if you could find some way of ensuring that you didn't leave a fingerprint in the middle of them when you put them in.
-- DrBob, Jul 04 2000


Damn! Someone's already had all my best ideas!
-- hippo, Jul 05 2000


Yep, I had this idea quite a while ago, too (before halfbakery popped up). It's entirely possible. Wonder why no one's done it yet?
-- Ander, Jul 26 2000


L.A. Cops love 'em!
-- thumbwax, Sep 22 2000


Vin Diesel wore a pair of these in the movie Pitch Black.
-- dgeiser13, May 28 2001


William Gibson had one of his characters ('Sublett') wear some in 'Virtual Light'...
-- bumhat, Sep 30 2002


Unfortunately, neither of those links leads to mirrored lenses. Halloweennight is gone, and while Lensquest has an excellent collection of FX lenses, 'mirrored' is not one of the choices. Fortunately, the Archive has a copy of the Halloweennight image. (I'm underwhelmed)

What we really need are silver scleral lenses, making the entire eyeball look like a giant ball-bearing of something like that. :-)
-- Chrontius, Nov 05 2004


It shouldn't hurt them much, but scleral contacts are typically made of the same stuff as other contact lenses.
-- Chrontius, Dec 07 2004


(The FX Eyes link shows at least two mirrored styles.)
-- Ander, Oct 18 2007


Eyesbright do them much cheaper (£19.99 as opposed to $299), although the pupil remains black - see link.
-- jtp, Oct 19 2007



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