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Now You Can Control Any Win 8 Kit With Your Eyes

Posted by samzenpus on from the look-and-click dept.

iComp writes "It's all gestures and eyeball-tracking at CES this year, with Tobii releasing a USB peripheral that adds control-by-sight to any Windows PC and Lenovo upgrading its Yoga to finger-watching. Tobii demonstrated its eyeball-tracking technology at CES last year, but this time it is announcing a 5,000 unit production run of a USB bar which can be stuck to the bottom of the monitor of any Windows 8 PC to start tracking eyeballs. Lenovo isn't even waiting that long. Although it is only tracking fingers, it's adding the capability to existing Yoga laptops courtesy of eyeSight Tech."

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  1. Really? by nospam007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The question is:

    Can this tech detect the shifty eyes of Win8 users searching for the Start-Button and display one?

  2. cross-eyed by slackware+3.6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How many people are going to end up cross-eyed from trying the pinch-to-zoom feature?

  3. Awesome by imikem · · Score: 2

    So now when I roll my eyes at the latest insult to my intelligence and workflow, Windows 8 will implement something better? Where do I sign up?

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  4. stupid by slashmydots · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When I move my wired mouse, the cursor moves 100% of the time. If this eye tracking stuff is even 99% accurate, it loses the mouse vs eyes contest and aggrivates the user. Touch, motion, eye-tracking, and all other assorted stupidity are all inferior to the controls we have now and are just fancy, futuristic gimmicks.

    1. Re:stupid by js3 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      When I move my wired mouse, the cursor moves 100% of the time. If this eye tracking stuff is even 99% accurate, it loses the mouse vs eyes contest and aggrivates the user. Touch, motion, eye-tracking, and all other assorted stupidity are all inferior to the controls we have now and are just fancy, futuristic gimmicks.

      of course its's stupid. Because everyone has 2 arms!

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  5. Win8 Clippy, the next generation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey there!

    It looks like you're pissed off at the new interface! Can I:

    1) Tell you to use it anyway
    2) Not tell you about alternatives
    3) Not show you how to install a different window manager
    4) Offer you a paid upgrade to Win9

  6. Oh by drolli · · Score: 3, Funny

    At first i read: you can control windows by your 8 eyes. But then i realized i am not a spider.

  7. They used to say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...that Windows Me systems would crash if you looked at them funny.

    Now Lenovo has turned that into a reality with Windows 8!

  8. Re:Linux ? by dadelbunts · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just search the forums for 15 hours to watch some dudes argue with each other about the best way to get it working. Then give up because you can only get it to track one eye.

  9. It's not completely perfect, but... by sconeu · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But for those who are disabled, this technology is a godsend.

    Tobii has been making these for a while for the AAC (adaptive and augmentive communication) devices. My wife has ALS, and can no longer speak, and cannot move her hands to use a stock text-to-speech app. This thing allows her to talk with me (albeit slowly), and is amazing.

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