History Main / ElectronicEyes

* In a strange aversion of nearly every other aspect of this trope, ''JudgeDredd'' has Bionic Eyes, given to him after his real ones were ripped out of their sockets by a zombie version of himself from the future. In keeping with the Dredd ethos of him just being a regular human though (albeit at the peak of his abilities, in the same manner as Batman) they give him no special powers, apart from standard 20:20 vision. As you never see his face either, you don't even know if they look different, so essentially they've had no functional impact on the character or story.
** Not true at all, in Dredd's own words, the new eyes give him 20:20 '''night''' vision, enhanced clarity over distance, and a 50% reduction in blinking time. He praises the efficiency of his new eyes after he gets them, and his one regret is that he never got them sooner. Truth be told though, you'll probably be hard-pressed to ever find another story where any of those tidbits ever come up again. Also, in the ''TwoThousandAD'' story ''The Dead Man'', [[spoiler: one of the earliest tip-offs to the reader revealing that the titular disfigured character is actually Dredd is the fact that his eyes don't look natural.]]
** It also crops up in another story, where a group of perps use an EMP device. Unsurprisingly, Dredd is BlindWithoutEm.

* In GhostInTheShell (all versions) one of the main characters, Batou, has very obvious artificial eyes. In {{Stand Alone Complex}} they are referred to as "ranger eyes," after the eyes used by the ranger unit he belonged to when he was in the military. Not much is revealed of their capabilities.

* All the Hooba siblings from PrincessResurrection have them, though they are android, not cyborg.

* Silver from ''{{Treasure Planet}}'' has cybernetic eye instead of an eye patch. It's generally yellow, but [[RedEyesTakeWarning turns red when he's angry]].

* Common in the ''{{Shadowrun}}'' game 'verse. To the point where there are several brands, with Zeiss being the state of the art for cyber-eyes.

* Used rather bizarrely to avoid an ArtifactTitle for ''GoldeneyeRogueAgent''.

* Talies from ''FanFic/TheMotleyTwo'' has an electronic left eye, his real eye lost in some NoodleIncident. It's black, with a white pupil.

** Rob Spence, "the Eyeborg," has something like this. He lost one of his eyes in a shooting accident as a teenager, and eventually had a prosthetic eye installed that matches the motion of his existing eye and transmits the video to a handheld receiver. It's not HD and it doesn't have Augmented Reality capabilities yet, but the technology is a proven element.

* The Borg in ''StarTrek'' are also mentioned to have ocular implants.

* In ''{{Babylon 5}}'' G'Kar gets a replacement eye for the one he lost during his captivity on Centauri Prime. Unfortunately, the only iris color that was in stock was blue, which is completely [[MismatchedEyes mismatched]] with the deep red color of his remaining eye.

* In the ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' films after ''[[StarTrekGenerations Generations]]'', Geordi [=LaForge=] replaced his VISOR with streamlined ocular implants. [=LeVar=] Burton did not like wearing the VISOR prop.
** From what we see in ''[[StarTrekFirstContact First Contact]]'', the implants are far superior to the VISOR, as he is actually able to see people in normal colors, as opposed to rainbow shapes. It is unknown if he can still tell when people are lying.

** Particularly notable is Yarrick's "Baleful Eye", which shoots lasers. Why did he get an eye that shoot lasers? Because [[MemeticBadass Yarrick once heard a rumour that he could kill you by glaring.]]

* While the titular character from ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' is a robot, and thus obviously has electronic eyes, a close-up on his eye in ''Command Mission'' shows up all kinds of little circuitry doodads visible on the iris.
** This is also true in ''X8'', where his irises are drawn like camera shutters. Strangely, the other robot characters have normal-looking eyes.

--> -- JC Denton, '''VideoGame/DeusEx'''

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Eyes made from electronics]]. Prevalent in cyberpunk and postcyberpunk works, occasionally crops up in SciFi works that don't focus as much on transhumanism.

** They are shown to include night vision, a powerful zoom, limited ability to detect thermoptic camouflage and in the final episode of 2nd Gig [[spoiler: a visual TrustPassword when a corrupt official is silly enough to send Rangers after a former Ranger.]]

** Not true at all, in Dredd's own words, the new eyes give him 20:20 '''night''' vision, enhanced clarity over distance, and a 50% reduction in blinking time. He praises the efficiency of his new eyes after he gets them, and his one regret is that he never got them sooner. Truth be told though, you'll probably be hard-pressed to ever find another story where any of those tidbits ever come up again. Also, in the ''[=~2000 AD~=]'' story ''The Dead Man'', [[spoiler: one of the earliest tip-offs to the reader revealing that the titular disfigured character is actually Dredd is the fact that his eyes don't look natural.]]

* Police captain Wiggins in {{Grendel}} (Devil's Legacy). We never see how this works but the eye can be attuned to a person's physiology to function as a lie detector (much the same way as a real lie detector works but in this case, he's probably seeing somewhat like what Geordi Laforge might see through his visor). Quite useful in questioning suspects. Although, apparently he often prefers to rely on his intelligence and intuition rather than just his built in lie detector. He's probably aware that any good liar can beat a lie detector.

* In ''Fanfic/TiberiumWars'', one of Commander Karrde's eyes is an electronic replacement. In addition, Commander Rawne arranges for a soldier who was blinded by shrapnel to get replacement electronic eyes. Being a Nod soldier, naturally, her eyes glow [[RedEyesTakeWarning red.]] Avatar pilots also have glowing electronic eyes, along with a slew of other implants to help them control their mechs.

* In ''Century City'', a hopeful baseball player has a bionic eye and has to appeal in court in order for him to play on the grounds that bionics give an unfair advantage to a player.

* In ''RepoTheGeneticOpera'' Blind Mag, born blind but given the ability to see by [=GeneCo=] at the price of having to sing for the [=GeneCo=] Opera. [[spoiler: Eventually she is marked for repossession, but before it can happen she removes the eyes herself at the end of her final performance for GeneCo. She is of course, killed for her defiance.]]

* In the ''[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' films after ''[[StarTrekGenerations Generations]]'', Geordi [=LaForge=] replaced his VISOR with streamlined ocular implants. [=LeVar=] Burton did not like wearing the VISOR prop.

* Common in the ''Revelation Space'' series by {{Alastair Reynolds}}. The Ultranauts (crews of the starships) frequently adopt these, with their quality varying greatly. [[{{Jerkass}} Dan Sylveste]] has artificial eyes which were locally made on a planet with no advanced technology, so his vision is ''terrible'', like a public CCTV feed.

** The tie-in comic, [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Mass_Effect:_Evolution Mass Effect: Evolution]], reveals were TIM got them: [[spoiler: a reaper artifact on Shanxi]].

* Peacock, from {{VideoGame/Skullgirls}}, posesses an unusual version of these. Her eyes (on her face) are cartoony-looking BlackBeadEyes, but in reality just empty sockets. Instead, she has three large artificial eyes attached to each of her [[ArtificialLimbs mechanical arms]]. She takes this further with the ability to summon an indefinite amount of these eyes; they are all free-floating and she can see out of every single one, giving her a massive field of vision. On top of that, they can all [[BeamSpam shoot lasers]].

* Robert of {{SSDD}} has some with [[http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20110621.html special features]] unfortunately they are a [[BlackEyesOfEvil little unsettling to look at.]]

* the US Army is working on a cybernetic eye code-named "[[StarWars Luke's Binoculars]]".

** They are shown to include night vision, a powerful zoom, limited ability to detect thermoptic camouflage.

* Schtein of StringTheory has replacement eyes after an accident, unfortunately they only work in black and white, some thing that causes a problem later.

* While the titular character from ''MegaManX'' is a robot, and thus obviously has electronic eyes, a close-up on his eye in Command Mission shows up all kinds of little circuitry doodads visible on the iris.

* Though it functions on magic instead of cybernetics, Mad-Eye Moody's prosthetic eye in ''HarryPotter'' looks weird and has enhanced capabilities.

** In Stand Alone Complex, Bouma has a similar but red pair of eyes, and one of Siteo's eyes is cybernetic and used to help him snipe, otherwise it appears to remain closed, looking akin to an eyepatch

* Dick Knubbler, sound engineer for [[{{Metalocalypse}} Dethklok]], has a pair of robotic eyes.

* ''DeusExHumanRevolution'' features these. You can upgrade them to allow you to see through walls, tell when an enemy will stop looking for you, and keep you safe from flashbangs.

* Harry Potter: Though magical instead of electronic, Mad-Eye Moody's magical eye looks weird and has enhanced capabilities.

* The Engineer of ''TeamFortress2'' can equip an accessory called "The Googly Gazer," which has alternate styles to make it look like either a regular GlassEye or an electronic one.

** ''The Bionic Woman'' also had a bionic ear, which allowed her to hear voices from a full mile away.

* In ''{{Babylon 5}}'' G'Kar gets a replacement eye for the one he lost during his captivity on Centauri Prime. Unfortunately, the only color that was in stock was blue, which is completely [[MismatchedEyes mismatched]] with the deep red color of his remaining eye.

* Peacock, from {{Skullgirls}}, posesses an unusual version of these. Her eyes (on her face) are cartoony-looking BlackBeadEyes, but in reality just empty sockets. Instead, she has three large artificial eyes attached to each of her [[ArtificialLimbs mechanical arms]]. She takes this further with the ability to summon an indefinite amount of these eyes; they are all free-floating and she can see out of every single one, giving her a massive field of vision. On top of that, they can all [[BeamSpam shoot lasers]].

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* The ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' series features these. The trailer for ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' zooms in on one of the protagonist's eyes, pictured. One of the characters lampshades the fact that JC wears his glasses everywhere, and he responds by saying "My vision is augmented."
** Adam Jensen actually has ''two'' forms of electronic eyes. His eyeballs are indeed augmentations, but they don't offer any kind of special enhancement, instead simply allowing him to see normally. However, his characteristic "shades" are actually a sophisticated heads-up display, which also allow him to do things like see through walls, highlight important objects, and discover weak points in walls.

* Peacock, from {{Skullgirls}}, posesses an unusual version of these. Her eyes (on her face) are cartoony-looking BlackBeadEyes, but in reality just empty sockets. Instead, she has three large artificial eyes attached to each of her [[ArtificialLimbs mechanical arms]], reminiscent of feathers. She takes this further with the ability to summon an indefinite amount of these eyes. They are all free-floating and she can see out of every single one, giving her an insane field of vision. On top of that, they can all [[BeamSpam shoot lasers]].