Although the author of the article declares that "the system can automatically recover wide-angle views of what people are looking at" (emphasis mine), to me one of the most exciting potential applications is to further human understanding of what animals choose to look at.
This would seem better suited for that purpose. I imagine if they come up with a non-invasive method of the technology, we'd soon see human applications. (And quite soon after that, evil human applications.) (Like Realplayer.)
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Although the author of the article declares that "the system can automatically recover wide-angle views of what people are looking at" (emphasis mine), to me one of the most exciting potential applications is to further human understanding of what animals choose to look at.
This would seem better suited for that purpose. I imagine if they come up with a non-invasive method of the technology, we'd soon see human applications. (And quite soon after that, evil human applications.) (Like Realplayer.)