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Biometric Devices: Introduction to Drive Simulation

egutierrez — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000

Drive simulation has been around for quite some time in the form of racing games or training and research programs. Most people are probably more familiar with the entertainment side of drive simulation, but we will be looking mainly at drive simulation usage in the training and research fields. Within both training and research fields, [...]

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Eye Tracking: Lee Good of Eye-Com

mfox — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:43:29 +0000

Lee Good, CEO of Eye-Com talks about his company and the eye tracking industry. Check Out The Free Eye Tracking Industry Report Related articles: Eye Tracking: Larry Udell of Eye-Com Eye-Com Eye Tracking Drive Simulator Studies Driver Inattention Pupil Tracking Reveals Why Color Coding Study Materials is a Good Idea

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Eye Tracking: Larry Udell of Eye-Com

mfox — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:35:17 +0000

Larry Udell of Eye-Com talks about the future of eye tracking Check Out The Free Eye Tracking Industry Report Related articles: Eye Tracking: Lee Good of Eye-Com Eye-Com Eye Tracking Drive Simulator Studies Driver Inattention Eye Tracking Update Podcast 1

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Eye-Com Eye Tracking Drive Simulator Studies Driver Inattention

mfox — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:00:52 +0000

Driver drowsiness and distraction are serious safety hazards on the road. It only takes a momentary lapse of attention to impair a driver’s responsiveness and reflexes. Analyzing a driver’s state of consciousness and awareness while they are actually behind the wheel is a challenge, especially when using biometric equipment to collect data. The mechanisms for [...]

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Pupil Tracking Being Used to Discover Why People Blink

dbrendant — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:01:50 +0000

For those of our readers who have never listened to the show Radiolab on WNYC and National Public Radio, I highly recommend you do. A recent episode of the show, which is hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, focuses on blinking and why humans do it. It’s commonly assumed that humans blink to lubricate [...]

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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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Experiment Uses Eye Tracking to Measure the Effects of Design Elements in Magazine Ads

mfox — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:41:53 +0000

A recent study conducted at Texas State University, San Marcos, analyzed the effectiveness of five different design elements used in magazine advertisements. Using eye tracking technology to measure the duration and number of eye fixations, the students conducting the experiment were able to measure the visual attention on each of the five elements: body text, [...]

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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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GDC Thursday

dbrendant — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:51:40 +0000

Another great exhibit from this year’s GDC was the Vuzix booth. Vuzix is a company based out of Rochester, NY, which is putting its efforts into developing a personal video display device for consumers, as well as low profile, head-mounted virtual reality displays. They have a number of applications that their headwear can boast, and [...]

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GDC Friday: Muybridge’s Motion

Eye Tracking Update at the 2009 GDC in San Francisco

dbrendant — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:28:31 +0000

A few of us here at the blog will be making the rounds next week in San Francisco for the annual Game Developers Conference. There’s a lot of exciting crossover between the eye-tracking and gaming worlds, and we’ll be there to check in with current trends and news. Look out for updates next week! In [...]

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Eye-Com Untethered

IAC — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:27:50 +0000

The upcoming EC7 prototype has a feature new to eye tracking equipment: it is wireless. From a technical point of view, this will allow users a greater degree of freedom than is now available. No longer will the subject be limited in range of motion. No longer will the testing environment be cluttered with cables [...]

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A guest contributor

dbrendant — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:42:43 +0000

I wanted to introduce a new blogger here at Eye-Tracking Update, Ian Caballero. Ian is an engineer at Eye Com Corporation, a company we’ve previously featured as a leader in wireless eyetracking technologies. Ian will be contributing the occasional article on eye-tracking and what’s happening from the field. So keep an eye out for some [...]

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Tobii’s Tech

dbrendant — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:29:05 +0000

One interesting player in the field of eye tracking technology is Tobii. Tobii is a Swedish company involved in eye tracking since 2001, and is making an attempt to provide both hardware and software solutions in the fields of design testing and medicine. Tobii has created a mobile eye-controlled device that assists in communication for [...]

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International Eye-Tracking Conference 2009

jbower — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:53:39 +0000

Eye-Com Corporation is putting together the first ever International Eye-Tracking Conference late 2009

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CES: The Latest in Gaming Headphones But Still Something is Missing… Headtracking

jbower — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:17:47 +0000

So many companies are attempting to build pseudo surround sound into there high-end line of their gaming headphones and are running into the same problem companies trying to make realistic 3d games are having, they both have no idea where the gamers’ head is located in comparison to the monitor. Eye-com Corporation (ECC) has a [...]

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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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NeoVizus Gaze

dbrendant — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:42:59 +0000

There are many reasons to get into the eye- and head-tracking industry. Martin Tall and his NeoVizus Gaze system seems to be making the rounds on the tech blogs these days, offering eye tracking technology as a solution for carpal tunnel syndrome. Tall is using the NeoVizus Gaze as a photo browser within specific software, [...]

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Rest in Peace, Mouse… part 3

dbrendant — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:12:11 +0000

A couple days ago I posted an article that I came across on Wired.com talking about new UI 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 [...]

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