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What Will Apple Do With Swedish Eye-Tracking Technology?

Posted by timothy on from the oh-just-the-usual dept.

andylim writes "An article on recombu.com explores the possibility that Apple is gearing up to launch eye-tracking technology soon. Citing a patent filed in 2008 that mentions 'gaze vectors' and a recent purchase of units from a Swedish eye-tracking company, the author suggests that the inclusion of eye-tracking tech in the company's forthcoming tablet would be Jobs's magnum opus. 'What better flourish to a career that began with the popularization of windows, icons, mouse and pointer than to usurp them all?'"

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  1. the Eye-pod? by Em+Emalb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too soon?

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    1. Re:the Eye-pod? by swanzilla · · Score: 2, Funny

      Too soon?

      iConcur

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  2. Swedish Eye-Tracking by RealErmine · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not Swedish. Am I immune to this technology?

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  3. Another innovation of course by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Having invented the home computer, the mouse, the GUI, the portable music player, the multitouch screen, the Unix kernel and the mobile telephone, Apple now invents eye tracking. Pay no attention to those Swedish guys in the corner and put your hands together for yet another amazing Apple innovation, personally created by Steve Jobs, the smartest man in the world. Thank you Steve!! I love you!! Please, take some more of my money.

  4. The answer is obvious, really... by Tetsujin · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean, what else would you do with Swedish Eye-Tracking technology? Track Swedish Eyes, obviously...

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  5. Re:I don't think he gets it by emkyooess · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, no they don't. Accelerometers don't work well for anything gaming related.

  6. Re:You know what I've always wanted? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, clearly something stole the focus and changed your font to retarded.

  7. Shall we buy these gadgets at Eye-Kea? by OmniGeek · · Score: 3, Funny

    Eye-eye, sir!

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  8. Re:Eye-tracking is a tricky subject by querist · · Score: 2, Funny

    To respond to your second point, and to agree with it...

    SQUIRREL!

    (If you don't get it, see the movie "Up!")

  9. I guess you could say it would be... by HForN · · Score: 2, Funny

    An eye for an i.

  10. Just see it off by a little bit... by gsgriffin · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can imagine how the pointer moving ever so slightly away from where you are looking causes you to try to move your focus to where the cursor now is causing a cascading effect of chasing the cursor that is just out of focus and moving. It will eventually cause us all to have spastic eye movements constantly circling the page. That will be fun!

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  11. Re:You know what I've always wanted? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well let me ask you a question: did you see what we did to scientology?

  12. Re:Eye-tracking is a tricky subject by Gilmoure · · Score: 2, Funny

    Man, I HATE squirrels!

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