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Eye-Based Videogame Control

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-can-see-you dept.

dsmith3689 writes "Researchers at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario have explored the use of an eye tracker as a control device for a handful of commercial video games. To do this, they integrated a Tobii 1750 desktop eye tracker with Quake 2, Neverwinter Nights, and a flash adaptation of Missile Command called Lunar Command. A study was performed that indicates the use of direct feedback from eye movements can drastically increase the feeling of immersion (pdf) in the virtual world."

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  1. Cool idea; looks like it still needs work by StupidKatz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... or a new interface to software/games to compensate for the apparent lack of accuracy and speed (note the Quake 2 demo video), at least in FPS-style games.

    Could absolutely rock if tweaked minutely for flight and other simulation games, though. :)

  2. Why BB2B2B2BB2B sites use "call for price" by tepples · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Then you discover there's no "Buy Now" button. There's no shopping cart. There's just a Contact tab with a form for you to submit your details. Like you've got to beg to buy their product.

    At least in the industrial fan market, the requirement to request a quote is so that larger companies who make competing products can't spider your site and undercut all your prices due to their larger materials buying power. It's actually a rawther common practice in business-to-business markets.

  3. Re:Tobii: Put prices on your web site! by SQLGuru · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A cheap web cam: http://insidecomputer.stores.yahoo.net/usbwebcamwe p.html $7
    This book: http://www.nerdbooks.com/item.php?id=1852336668 $45
    GCC compiler: http://gcc.gnu.org/ $0
    A lot of time: http://www.time.org/ $0
    ----------------------
    $52 + tax, shipping, etc.

    And there you go.

    Or just go here: http://www.it4tomorrow.de/shop/index.php?lang=ENG& list=KAT14
    Or read this: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/06040 4091149.htm
    Which will lead you here: http://www.cogain.org/
    Which will lead you here: http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/developm ent/

    Now, from there, I'm stuck. I can't find any more information on the OWL. But it was invented in 1987 and could be mass produced for around $10 (according to the link), so I see potential there.

    Layne