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https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/3ke7ug/eye_tra... A lot of interesting information from the author over there. META: Interesting to note how much cool stuff is turning up on reddit first before it appears here... I feel like it used to be the other way around.
This could be a really nice keyboard interface for VR too.
Unfortunately, none of the VR headsets shipping in the next six months have iris trackers (much less scanners). The only headset I found was Fove, which was successfully kickstarted and ships in 2016. Fove did a promotion with a Japanese school for wheelchair-bound children, in which a child played a piano using the iris tracking function of the headset.
There are some iris scanner-equipped phones shipping in the near future, but none with iris trackers as far as I could tell.
I can share the post link if people are interested.
Can someone elaborate on the use of eye trackers in dark rooms (rooms lightened by dimmed lights or only the monitor itself)? Does it work?
From looking at the tracking software it seems to calculate contrast between the retina and the surrounding eye to track what it is looking at.
In the demo, he was quick and he didn't even seem to use much autocompletion. However, I wonder if using a different keyboard layout would be helpful. Dvorak a Colmak, for example, place the more frequently used letters on the home row so you'll spend more time with your eyes there. You can evaluate different layouts with a tool like this: http://patorjk.com/keyboard-layout-analyzer/
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In the demo, he was quick and he didn't even seem to use much autocompletion. However, I wonder if using a different keyboard layout would be helpful. Dvorak a Colmak, for example, place the more frequently used letters on the home row so you'll spend more time with your eyes there. You can evaluate different layouts with a tool like this: http://patorjk.com/keyboard-layout-analyzer/
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I wonder if it really matters with your eyes vs. your hands and fingers. Flicking your gaze around the keyboard seems much easier than moving your fingers around - you'll never have two fingers hitting each other. And on the other end of the speed spectrum, it seems like it's unlikely that this will ever quite be as quick as operating even a QWERTY keyboard with fully functional hands.
This tool is for people who can't use their hands, of course. For the average person, we're pretty close to being able to use voice instead of typing. https://www.extrahop.com/blog/2014/programming-by-voice-stay... http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/using_voice_to_code.html Throw in eye tracking and precise gestures ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QNiZfSsPc0 ) and the keyboard isn't necessary.
I'm waiting for the windows version to be released, so I don't have any first hand experience. The videos look promising though.
I use Dragon and python extensions to supplement typing for now.
This could be a really nice keyboard interface for VR too.
It's curious that Optikey was posted today, because yesterday I wrote a post about the promise of iris scanning technology to deliver a seamless payments experience in VR headsets. Unfortunately, none of the VR headsets shipping in the next six months have iris trackers (much less scanners). The only headset I found was Fove, which was successfully kickstarted and ships in 2016. Fove did a promotion with a Japanese s…