Computers
Eye tracking in high end laptops
Have you ever thought about replacing the different cumbersome laptop mouse pad solutions with some more easy to use solution? Eye tracking technology will be present in high end laptops five years from now!
Tobii has developed a series of applications for easy computer interaction. Our extensive interaction knowledge base - built, tested and very successfully verified in the assistive technology market – provides an extensive tool box for creating custom made OEM solutions.
Stereoscopic (3D) displays
To be able to produce high quality 3D display images from a 2D screen it is important to know the exact position of the eyes. This enables slightly different pictures to be sent to each eye creating a stereoscopic view. Eye tracking can be used to support creation of high quality 3D images in various fields of occupation, such as 3D computer aided surgery, remote expertise consultancy and so on. 3D CAD users can see their work virtually jump out of the screen, turn it around in a stereoscopic view and almost reach out and touch it.
Increased speed of operation
The eyes are the fastest moving part of the human body. Looking at something is a very natural means of indicating point of interest.
By using the eyes to “point” at user interface objects on your computer screen, and using a physical key to “click”, it becomes possible to create very fast and intuitive man-machine interfaces.
In an environment with multiple, or very large, screens these advantages become even larger and can make an operator much faster in traversing the mouse over the long distances.
The eyes can also be used to zoom in a spot, automatically center an image while zooming and “drill” into the most interesting parts of an image (for instance a map).
A “3 rd “ hand to work with
When using CAD you quite often end up in wishing you had that third hand to help you out. With eye tracking you can pan an image, while at the same time keeping one hand on the mouse and the other one on the function keyboard.
Another application is sterile environments, where the usage of keyboards can pose a sterility hazard or hands are simply occupied with surgery. With eye tracking you can flip to another x-ray image on the computer without touching it.
Make your computer understand you
With eye tracking, the computer can understand what you are doing, what you have seen and your current mental state. Based on this, it can respond more appropriately to your needs. This includes features such as automatic information prioritization, improved speech recognition, automatic scrolling and much more.
In the longer run the computer industry will pose enormous demands on cost reduction of eye tracking systems (as well as the automotive industry). Tobii is dedicated to working out the specifications needed and with these meet the very important cost demand.
We can work as your partner to support your particular needs and provide the necessary customizations.
Contact Tobii and let us tell you more.