Innovative visual training with eye tracking
Eye-Tracking: The mouse was yesterday...
Visual training on the computer is still traditionally done by mouse and this works as follows:
- Many different objects appear on the screen (e. g. numbers)
- The user has to find one or more specific objects without moving the head, only with the help of the eyes, so that the eye muscles can be trained
- The object is confirmed by using the mouse
- A new task is loaded
It is possible that the user may not be able to use the mouse optimally, for example because of a motor malfunction in the hand or due to age. This can lead to a slight change of the reaction time, because the user has actually already seen the object with his eyes, but is too slow with the mouse.
TOBII website
Now eye tracking comes into play. The Swedish company TOBII (www.tobii.com) offers an eye tracking device for a relatively low price, which can detect eye movements by infrared technology. After the calibration you can then control the mouse cursor with your eyes... It has a magical effect and is of notable benefit for visual training, since the main objective is eye movement. Goodbye forever mouse!
A demonstration of the TOBII eyex with the saccadic training can be seen in the following video (currently on available in German):
Would you like to learn more about eye tracking? Write us a email or call us: +41 79 652 61 07
Sincerely
 |  Beat Gurtner |
With the friendly support of social informatics of obvita (Organization of the Eastern Swiss Blind Welfare Association)
