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Motion Tracking: Beckoning to the Future

egutierrez — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:35:00 +0000

When speculating about the future of motion tracking technology, there are many questions that come to mind. How would this technology change the way I type? How would it make my life easier? Would I have more peripherals then than I do now? Less? These questions all seem reasonable, and this thought process provides me [...]

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Streamlining Digital Archives With Eye Tracking

dbrendant — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:15:48 +0000

Digital archiving is an idea that’s slowly creeping into the workplace and it’s only a matter of time before more professionals, offices, and consumers start making it a part of their daily lives. It’s involved in our daily multi-tasking on the PC to some extent, and depending on your job, you may already be using [...]

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Is Eye Tracking for Usability Studies Worth the Trouble?

dbrendant — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:00:35 +0000

Despite many advancing eye tracking technologies, there are still naysayers that continually challenge the industry with fair questions. One question: Is eye tracking worth it? It’s easy to get excited about eye tracking and the ability to see where people look while they’re using a website. It sounds like an incredible opportunity to gain insight [...]

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Motion Tracking: Waving Goodbye to the Past

egutierrez — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:29:55 +0000

Sci-Fi fans should remember the scenes from Minority Report, where Tom Cruise stood in front of a futuristic computer, moving files around with only his hands. The ease and speed with which he navigated through the interface for the files he sought seemed faster than your standard mouse clicks. This scene and others like it [...]

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Motion Tracking Creates Hands Free Cell Phone Control

dbrendant — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:52:53 +0000

It didn’t take long for most people to adapt to touch screen technology and gesture control when operating their phones and computers. iPhones are ubiquitous now and most other phones have gone in the same direction after seeing the success of the first touch screens. When you walk down the street these days, it seems [...]

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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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Eye Tracking in New Interfaces

dbrendant — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:01:23 +0000

The word “interface” is a loaded one. It’s such a malleable word, and with regular, cutting edge progression in the tech worlds, we see it’s many uses popping up more and more. Interfaces are an essential ingredient in any human interaction, be it digital or physical. In a recent post we found, the author focuses [...]

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Eye Tracking Study Compares Tag Cloud Layouts

mfox — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:32:58 +0000

From the massive quantity of information on the Internet arises the challenge of trying to organize it in a way that enables users to find what they need. What good is having all the answers to all the questions if you can’t locate the answer to the question you are actually asking? Media sharing, social [...]

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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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Bringing the Gambling Industry Out of the Recession With Eye Tracking

mfox — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:14:27 +0000

Similar to the alcohol and tobacco industries, the gambling industry was once thought of as recession proof. But in today’s economic slump, slot machines have suffered. Why are gamblers drawn to some slot machines and not others? There’s quite a bit of marketing and usability testing done to determine the factors that draw a player [...]

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Helping Lou Gehrig’s Disease Patients With Eye Tracking

mfox — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:12:29 +0000

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s Disease is a muscle nerve degenerative disease. Patients diagnosed with ALS suffer gradual loss of muscle control, and end up requiring a level of assistance to help them live their lives. Eye tracking technology can help ALS patients in many ways. One is the ability to focus their eye, [...]

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Apple iPhone Usability and Eye Tracking

mfox — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:51:16 +0000

Good news, Mac addicts: Apple has just released the next version of the popular iPhone. It’s called the iPhone 3GS and, as usual, bloggers and the media have been heavily reporting on the features and improvements to the new phone, including the latest software update. It’s interesting to note that as Apple entered into the [...]

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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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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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Improving Password Security With Eye Tracking

D.I.Y. eye-tracking

dbrendant — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:26:45 +0000

Eye-tracking hardware can break the bank if you’re not careful. But if you feel like creating your own eye tracking program for free, this guy has the software to do it. All you need is a webcam! Here’s an example of the accuracy you can expect: Check it out here. Check Out The Free Eye [...]

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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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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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Rest in Peace, Mouse.

dbrendant — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:55:13 +0000

I just found a story on Wired.com about the death of the mouse. In the digital world, we know that new technologies are taking over regularly, but it’s always interesting to look at the technologies that fall by the wayside as new trends take their place. The latest candidate for the digital [...]

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