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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. I hope this is not only for games by Simon+(S2) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It would be really useful to be able to move the cursor only by looking at the point on the sceen I want it to be. That could save my wrist from carpal tunnel syndrome and it could also incement my productivity by making the pointer go quicker to where I want it to be. I hope it will have pixel accuracy, but even if it does not, I am sure, time a few years, it could become the perfect input device.

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  2. Re:Imagine turning this technology into a mouse by speroni · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Blinking could be an issue, you're going to do that involuntarily. Maybe with an extra long blink, or specifically one eye for a click (Then you could get left and right clicks) you don't generally close one eye involuntarily.

    I was thinking a contact lens with an inlaid tracker could improve the accuracy.

    I already have suspicions that sitting in my cubical in front of my good old CRTs and other equipment is already unhealthy enough, wouldn't want to add more EMR in my face on top of that. Although I know there's nothing inherently unhealthy with IR EMR...

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  3. Selective Rendering by jannone · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For single-player games, this device could possibly enable some sort of selective rendering technique, where the objects sitting at the focal point are rendered in much more detail than the periphery.

    1. Re:Selective Rendering by pherthyl · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Yes, this has been done and works quite well (the user doesn't notice any difference). The problem is in the reaction time that is necessary. The last study I read found that the high detail rendering must be performed within 5ms of a fixation to make the experience seamless to the user. That's a problem for most applications, as they won't be able to react that quickly.