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Eye Controlled Video Games? Better Late Than Never

dbrendant — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:00:25 +0000

A recent article published in New Scientist may be a little late to the Eye Tracking party as far as we’re concerned, but it’s certainly good to see more eye tracking news in mainstream media, even if it is focusing on something that’s no novelty to most within the industry. The “innovation” article focuses on [...]

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Improved Eye Tracking Algorithm to Be Used for Driver Fatigue Detection System

mfox — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:54:03 +0000

Researchers from the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at Tamkang University in Taipei, Taiwan have found an improved eye tracking algorithm, which they plan to use in detecting driver fatigue. The department has proposed a vision-based, real-time driver fatigue detection system that uses ordinary CCD cameras to accomplish a variety of tasks: face [...]

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Eye Tracking in Video Game Player Experience

mfox — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:17:17 +0000

Researchers at the Blekinge Institute of Technology conducted an eye tracking experiment on players’ experience with Half Life 2. A specially modified Half Life 2 game was built using the game’s software development kit to correspond with the players’ eye tracking gaze. In the experiment, players do not completely control the game through eye tracking. [...]

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Improving Password Security With Eye Tracking

mfox — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:12:08 +0000

The moment an online password is entered is the least secure point and typically the moment where private information is stolen due to visual snooping. To combat this problem, researchers at Stanford University implemented a system for password entry via eye tracking. By creating an on-screen keyboard interface with a red focus point for each [...]

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GDC Friday: Muybridge’s Motion

dbrendant — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:27:13 +0000

One reason GDC 2009 is so exciting is that it provides a showcase for all the newest gadgets that people have been tinkering with for years in labs and offices, garages and basements. In a way, events like these remind me of what the World Expos of the early 1900s used to be like, showcasing [...]

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Coming soon to a computer, camera, Mp3 player, or flash drive near you…

dbrendant — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:56:59 +0000

The new Macs are out, and I have to say I was a bit upset about their decision to phase out the Firewire transfer. Well, it’s probably time I update my iPod anyway. Apparently it’s all USB from here on out for Mac. That said, Eye-Com is certainly looking forward to the latest version – [...]

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Rest in Peace, Mouse… part 2

dbrendant — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:51:44 +0000

Yesterday I posted an article that I came across on Wired.com talking about new UI (user interface) trends that are overtaking the conventional mouse as the preferred mode of control. I referred to the list that Wired posted with the article, but wanted to go back and explain what each of these actually were in [...]

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