New | Top Baidu scientist says search firm wants to make the internet 'your second brain'

BaiduEye shows how the Chinese search giant is innovating in areas outside of its core business, according to one of the firm's chief scientists.

Yu Kai, director of Baidu's Institute of Deep Learning (IDL), told the South China Morning Post that the wraparound headset, which sits atop a user's ears and can sync visual and oral cues and provide related information to the user's smartphone, could be adopted in professional and recreational fields including mine exploration, hospitals, and museums.

First announced in September, Yu said it could be fully commercialised in five years.

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He gave the example of a museum guest wearing BaiduEye looking at a painting, the device can scan the image and provide information about it and its painter, as well as relevant historical data or suggestions of similar works of art.

"Through the device, the internet can become your second brain," Yu said.

"It's like your own personal robot."

Another potential use Yu raised was users travelling by train, the BaiduEye could analyse their ticket and display directions to the correct seat.