Tobii in Media

  • The Irish Times

    Changing life with a look

    For people struggling to communicate, a new eye-tracking device can put the user firmly in control of their lives. 

  • The Star

    Eye-tracking device opens new world

    Simon and Debbie Scarboro finally know exactly what is on their daughter’s mind.
    Kitty, 5, has a form of cerebral palsy that has rendered her unable to speak. Now her parents have acquired a computer that uses innovative eye-tracking technology to allow her to communicate through slight eye movements

  • The Verge

    Intel leads $21 million investment in Tobii's eye-tracking system

    Eye-tracking hardware manufacturer Tobii Technology has secured $21 million in a new funding round led by Intel Capital. Tobii declined to detail the extent of Intel's contribution, saying only that it joins a number of venture capital firms already invested in the company.

  • Forbes

    Intel Takes Stake In Eye-Tracking Firm Tobii Technologies

    Intel has reportedly invested $20.8 million for a 10% stake in Tobii Technologies, a Swedish company that has cutting-edge technology that allows you to control PC behavior using your eyes.

  • SlashGear

    Intel invests $21m in eye-tracker Tobii

    If you recall, Tobii has included its eye tracking technology in a number of gadgets in the past. Last year at CeBIT they demoed the tech in a laptop, allowing users to scroll and select items using just their eyes. They were back at CeBIT again this year, showcasing the tech that could potentially find its way into gaming machines. They certainly seemed to have impressed Intel, who are investing $21 million in the company.

  • The Wall Street Journal - Tech Europe

    Intel Invests In Tobii Eye Tracker

    The much talked about Swedish technology firm Tobii Technologies AB has landed a renowned investor. Computer Sweden reported [in Swedish] that Intel has invested 143 million Swedish kronor ($20.8 million) for a 10% stake in the company.

  • MarketWatch

    Intel buys 10% stake in Sweden's Tobii: report

    Multinational chip maker Intel Corp. INTC -0.26% has invested SEK143 million ($20.8 million) in privately held eye-tracking technology firm Tobii Technology AB for a 10% stake, Computer Sweden reported Thursday.

  • Morningstar

    Intel Buys 10% Stake In Swedish Technology Firm Tobii - Report

    Multinational chip maker Intel Corp. (INTC) has invested SEK143 million ($20.8 million) in privately held eye-tracking technology firm Tobii Technology AB for a 10% stake, Computer Sweden reported Thursday.

  • Techcrunch

    Intel Capital Invests $21 Million In Swedish Eye-Tracking Tech Company Tobii

    ntel is betting big on the future of human interfaces with a $21 million (143 million kronor) investment in Tobii, a Swedish company that has been working for years on eye-tracking laptops and other devices. A 10% stake, it implies a valuation of around $200 million for the 12-year-old company.

  • Mashable

    Shoot Asteroids With Your Eyes — in 3D!

    Remember that game we tried out a couple of months ago where you shoot asteroids with your eyes? The company behind the eye-tracking technology just unveiled the next version, which recreates the glorious destruction of atomizing space rocks, only this time in 3D

  • Engadget

    Tobii EyeAsteroids 3D lets you destroy virtual space stones with a gaze, we go eyes-on

    We've touched and tapped our way through a variety of gadgets at CeBIT, but it's the devices that operate without traditional user interfaces that have really grabbed our focus. Tobii was on-hand to demonstrate its eye-tracking technology earlier this year at CES, but the company is peddling its wares here in Hannover as well, and we decided to drop by for a second look.

  • TechSpot

    Eye-tracking interface promises hands-free gaming, glasses-free 3D

    At CeBIT yesterday, Tobii unveiled its IS-2, an improved version of the eye-tracking device shown at CES last year. The human interface device aims to give users the ability to control games and software merely by moving their eyes.

  • Übergizmo

    3D EyeAsteroids see action at CeBIT

    Using SeeFront’s patented glasses-free 3D and accurate gaze tracking from Tobii’s award-winning technology, EyeAsteroids will let you play hero and save the earth from incoming asteroids, using nothing but your eyes in an immersive 3D experience.

  • Top Tech News

    Here Comes the Next Generation of Eye-Tracking

    Tobii envisions its IS-2 Eye Tracker being used in a range of devices, such as high-end computer monitors or peripherals, arcade games and slot machines, and infotainment systems in public places. Tobii estimats that the eye-tracking technology could show up in laptops within a year or two. Tobii added that it is working with "dozens of partners."

  • Laptopmag.com

    Tobii Technology Adds 3D to EyeAsteroids Game

    Swedish company Tobii Technology showed us its eye-tracking system at CES, and there was even an eye-controlled version of the arcade game Asteroids on hand. Tobii is taking that fun implementation of its tech one step further here at CeBIT, announcing its EyeAsteroids 3D game.

  • Expert Reviews

    Tobii and SeeFront join forces on glasses-free eye-tracking 3D

    Two companies have joined forces to create the technology they claim will underpin the future of interaction: glasses-free 3D interfaces with eye-tracking capabilities.

  • ZDNet

    Eye-controlled arcade games move closer

    Swedish company Tobii has shrunk the size and updated the software of its eye-tracking device and hopes to see the technology go into use in the medical, design, presentation, surveillance and gaming industries.

  • HotHardware

    Tobii's Eye Tracking IS-2E Paves The Way For New Interface

    Every so often, a piece of unusual technology comes our way that we can't help but gush over. And it's not a GPU, a PSU, a CPU or any other three-letter combination that we usually get excited over.

  • Engadget

    Tobii's IS-2 eye tracker is cheaper, 75 percent smaller than its predecessor

    Of all the things we saw at CES, Tobii's eye-tracking Gaze interface was one of the most memorable, even if the execution was a bit flawed. Now the company's back with a next-gen sensor that fits on a single board and is 75 percent smaller than the iteration we saw at CES -- a milestone that will presumably allow it to accommodate a wider range of devices.

  • Digital Trends

    Tobii debuts EyeAsteroids, an arcade game you play with your eyes

    We’ve been covering the evolution of Tobii’s eye-tracking technology for quite a while now, and while much of the Swedish company’s focus has been on developing ways for people to use their computers without lifting a finger, they’re clearly having some fun, too.

  • Eurogamer.net

    World's first eye-controlled arcade game playable now in London

    There exists a futuristic arcade game that you can control with your eyes. Its name, EyeAsteroids, its location, London's Trocadero (until 17th February).

  • Dvice

    The best demo we saw at CES 2012: Tobii's eye tracking

    Usually, we find just one or two things at CES every year that get us really, really stoked about the future. Last year it was Samsung's beautiful bendable displays, but this year, we were starting to worry that nothing would hit it out of the park. And then we tried Tobii's eye tracking computer interface system, and as Kevin so eloquently puts it: OMGWOW.

  • United Press International

    Eye control of computer demonstrated

    Eye tracking to control a computer is one of several alternate interfaces being showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, industry analysts said.

  • The Atlantic

    Look, Ma, No Hands: On Tobii's Eye-Controller Tech

    One of the bigger stories to come out of the Consumer Electronics Show so far this week has been the eye-controlled computing technology unveiled by the eye-tracking firm Tobii.

  • InformationWeek

    Windows 8 Meets Eye-Tracking At CES 2012

    Tobii eye-tracking technology lets you control certain PC or tablet tasks with your eyes, not your hands.

  • PC Magazine

    I Played Asteroids With My Eyes

    Tobii's eye-tracking technology was out in force at a CES 2012 press event last night, where the company let journalists play an arcade game with their eyes.

  • Time Techland

    Destroying Asteroids with Your Eyes Is as Close to Being Superman as It Gets

    Plenty of video games try to make you feel like a superhero, but Tobii’s eye-controlled version of Asteroids pulls it off in ways that joysticks and buttons never could.

  • Computerworld

    Sweden's Tobii shows 'gaze control' on Windows 8 PC

    The technology makes the cursor jump directly to where the eye looks on the screen

  • The Verge

    Tobii Gaze controls Windows 8 with eye tracking

    We just had the chance to sit down with Tobii's Gaze eye tracking technology, which the company hopes will eventually be a mainstay in consumer electronics and be adopted by PC manufacturers in the years to come.

  • PCWorld

    Tobii Lets You Destroy Asteroids With Your Eyes; We Go Eyes-On

    You know that you can control your laptop with your mouse, trackpad, and keyboard--and you may even know that you can control your laptop with your voice, and maybe elaborate gestures thanks to motion-tracking devices such as Microsoft's Kinect. But did you know that you can also control your laptop with your eyes?

  • Gizmodo

    I Just Controlled Windows 8 With My Eyes and It Made Me Believe in Technology Again

    Windows 8 has a gorgeous Metro and finger friendly swipe-y interface that's perfectly fine but so 2011. All I want in my life in 2012 is Tobii, a company that's made the future possible: you control Windows 8 with your eyes.

  • CNET

    Forget touch. Forget gestures. Control your laptop with your eyes

    At CES this year, Tobii, which has been making technology that watches what you're looking at on a screen, is showing off its gaze-controlled demo laptop and introducing its eye control interface for Windows 8.

  • Los Angeles Times

    CES 2012: Tobii technology enables your eyes to control computers

    When the iPad came out, the mouse -- long the king of all pointing devices -- was dethroned by the power of the tablet's touchscreen.

    But if looks could kill, then the touchscreen may be the next victim in the pointer war.

  • International Business Times

    CES 2012 Preview: Tobii Technology Lets You Control Your Laptop with a Gaze

    Tobii Technology, a pioneer pioneer and the world leader in eye tracking and eye control technology, is all set to show off its recent innovation at the Consumer Electronics Show 2012 (better known as CES 2012), which is set to kick off on Jan. 10 in Las Vegas - its gaze interface for Microsoft Windows 8 Metro, which allows users to interact with their computers using eye tracking technology.

  • ABC / Yahoo! News

    Use Your Eyes Instead of a Mouse

    It's hard to imagine a computer you can control with your eyes, but the technology exists and should be available on store shelves in the next couple of years.

  • Engadget

    Tobii Gazes into the future, sees you navigating Windows 8 with your eyes

    You may be waiting with bated breath for Microsoft to hurry up and release Windows 8 PCs and tablets to the masses, but before they get here, there might a twist to the way you tweak'em.

  • Gizmodo

    You Can Launch Windows 8 Apps By Looking At Them

    Touching a screen is so tiring. I don't want to move my hands: there must be an easier way to launch Angry Birds. Can't I just look at an app to launch it? Wait, I can? Wow.

  • Digital Trends

    Windows 8 to get eye control ‘Gaze’ interface

    Tobii has unveiled its plan to launch an eye-controlled 'Gaze' interface for Windows 8, allowing users to simply look at items instead of using a mouse or touch control.