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Gaze Gaming Tech Promises Faster Eye-Controlled Interaction

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the i've-got-my-eye-on-you dept.

NewScientist is reporting that further research is progressing on new types of user input devices. Specifically, "gaze gaming," a technology that promises faster interaction using only your eyes. Currently technology for sight-based interaction is far too slow for practical applications in things like gaming. "Eye-gaze systems bounce infrared light from LEDs at the bottom of a computer monitor and track a person's eye movements using stereo infrared cameras. This setup can calculate where on a screen the user is looking with an accuracy of about 5 mm."

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  1. So... this means... by i+kan+reed · · Score: 4, Funny

    This means Nintendo's next generation of console will be called the sii?

  2. Continue use? by __aapbzv4610 · · Score: 2, Funny
    FTA:

    Technology is being developed to allow people with severe motor disabilities to play 3D computer games like World of Warcraft using only their eyes. So WoW players whose bodies atrophy from lack of getting up doing things in the real world would through this system be able to continue playing?
  3. Re:Sounds like the Great Equalizer... by jollyreaper · · Score: 2, Funny

    No. With blink controls, the great equalizer will be mace.

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  4. Hand/Eye Coordination... by probityrules · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now we can farther yet remove gaming from pesky physical activity. It's no longer even a matter of good hand/eye coordination: just good eye coordination.

  5. And after that... by Nerdposeur · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, and eventually they'll create a console that can read your intentions without any conscious effort on your part at all - all you have to do is exist.

    This console will be called the Bii.

  6. just like STNG.. by Tominva1045 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dude, this is exactly how they almost took over the Enterprise that one time when Wesely came home from the Academy on vacation. I wouldn't trust it.

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  7. Re:Imagine turning this technology into a mouse by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Funny

    or specifically one eye for a click (Then you could get left and right clicks) I can see it now: all the Apple fanboys poking out one of their eyes to make themselves "compatible".

  8. Looks still can't kill .. by Ihlosi · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... but soon, they can frag.