History Main / ElectronicEyes

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Eyes made from electronics]]. Prevalent in cyberpunk and post-cyberpunk works, occasionally crops up in ScienceFiction works that don't focus as much on {{transhuman}}ism.

* When the Forgotten Heroes make a guest appearance in ''ComicBook/ResurrectionMan'', Silver Age spelunker Cave Carson has a cybernetic eye, a high-tech version of EyepatchAfterTimeskip which is never explained. This was the inspiration for the Creator/YoungAnimal title ''Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye''.

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Eyes made from electronics]]. Prevalent in cyberpunk and post-cyberpunk works, occasionally crops up in SciFi works that don't focus as much on {{transhuman}}ism.

* Orion in ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' is depicted as having cybernetic eyes replacing [[ShownTheirWork the ones he lost]] and went to Hephaestus to get replaced.

* In the world of ''Literature/PosterGirl'' the tyranical Delegation demanded that every citizen recieved an Insight eye implant. A glowing circle around their iris that was able to display various kinds of media and information. But was also used to constantly monitor the actions of each and every citizen, rewarding or punishing them for just about everything they did. After the Delegation was overthrown by a rebellion ironically only their old loyalists and supporters kept their Insights, everyone else had theirs removed [[spoiler: or so they think.]]
* In ''Literature/QuantumGravity'', Lila Black, has had her eyes replaced [[{{Cyborg}} along with many other body parts]]. They are perfect mirrors because of this, which pushes her into the UncannyValley for some characters.

* On the cover of the book ''Extras'', the fourth book of the ''Literature/{{Uglies}}'' trilogy; the characters have "eyescreens", which are like permanent internet interfaces embedded in the eye that can be shut off at will.

* The protagonists of ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'' and its [[VideoGame/AITheSomniumFilesNirvanaInitiative sequel]] all possess an artificial "AI-Ball" in place of their left eye that comes with X-ray and infrared sensors, the ability to take and receive phone calls, a wireless hacking tool, AR projection, and an onboard AI program to manage it all. When "in use" the only thing that outwardly gives them away as artificial is that the user's eyes do not match color. That's right - a [[JustifiedTrope justification]] for heterochromia, out of all things. The sequel reveals that if a new ABIS agent has two functioning eyes such as Ryuki, they must have one surgically removed to house their "AI-Ball" partner.

* The protagonists of ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'' and its [[VideoGame/AITheSomniumFilesNirvanaInitiative sequel]] all possess an artificial "AI-Ball" in place of their left eye that comes with X-ray and infrared sensors, the ability to take and receive phone calls, a wireless hacking tool, AR projection, and an onboard AI program to manage it all. When "in use" the only thing that outwardly gives them away as artificial is that the user's eyes do not match color. That's right - a [[JustifiedTrope justification]] for heterochromia, out of all things.

It can also be a [[ArtificialLimbs prosthetic replacement for lost eyes]]. These are commonly found in stories set in the far future with widely available technology. In reality, artificial sight technology is [[http://discovermagazine.com/2001/aug/featsight already pretty advanced,]] so as writers catch up with science we should be seeing crude-but-workable Electronic Eyes in about TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture.

See also the supertropes {{Cyborg}} and EyeTropes. When the person with these eyes dies, expect to see EyeLightsOut. See GlassEye for the fantasy version of this.

* The ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' universe has "Tleilaxu eyes": metal eyes that the Bene Tleilax claim improve on the originals. The Duncan Idaho ghola Hayt was given them by his Tleilaxu creators. They are sometime bought to replace the eyes lost due to attacks by stone burners (indeed, when a stone burner goes off in ''Dune Messiah'', someone comments, "The Tleilaxu will sell many eyes here"). Some Fremen believe that they enslave their user.
* Though it [[MagicalEye functions on magic]] instead of cybernetics, Mad-Eye Moody's prosthetic eye in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' looks weird and has enhanced capabilities, like being able to spin in its socket and look in any direction, even ''behind him''.

* The "Bionic Eye" was first introduced in ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan''. Not only could Steve Austin see perfectly with it, but it had 20X telescopic capability, could zoom in at will, had infra-red and night-vision capability, and was coordinated with his bionic arm to give him pin-point hand-eye coordination and accuracy, even making him an unbeatable tennis-player.

** The short-lived Series/BionicWoman remake identifies a problem with this trope in an era when electronic images are easily downloaded, when it's points out to Jaime Sommers that her employers can [[BigBrotherIsWatchingYou see everything that she sees.]]