The EyePoint By: Nicolette Zak

Background Information

EyePoint was invented in 2007 EyePoint is an eye controlled computer

mouse Kumar invented the this mainly for the

disabled Works by allowing a computer user to

control the mouse pointer with his/her eyes.

Technology A camera is placed on the top of the

computer The user will use a “Look-Press-Look-

Release” technique The user will press a ‘Hotkey’ http://hci.stanford.edu/research/GUIDe/usi

ngEyePoint.html

Testing The Balloon Test: Recorded for

performance speed and error rate percentage

Consisted of 28 people Subject would click on a red balloon http

://hci.stanford.edu/publications/2007/chi253-kumar.pdf

Advantages Feels more natural Makes computers accessible for the

disabled Helps prevent long-term damage to a

person’s hand joints, tendons, and nerves

This decreases the lag of moving the hand from the mouse to keyboard and vice versa frequently.

Disadvantages

From the Testing Results: Comfort Level The EyePoint is still being tested and is

not on the market

Work Cited MacKenzie, I. S. (2012). Evaluating eye tracking systems

for computer input. In Majaranta, P., Aoki, H., Donegan, M., Hansen, D. W., Hansen, J. P., Hyrskykari, A., & Räihä, K.-J. (Eds.). Gaze interaction and applications of eye tracking: Advances in assistive technologies, pp. 205-225. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. http://www.yorku.ca/mack/cogain.html

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