TOBII GAZEBy Sean Kimball

WHAT IS IT?

Gaze by Tobii is an interface by that allows users to point, zoom, select, and scroll on a computer by just using ones eyes. http://www.tobii.com/gaze-interaction/global/what-is-Gaze-Interaction/

CES 2012

This past January at the Consumer Electronic Showcase, Gaze was demonstrated with Windows 8.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti0v9x_4kPw

GAZE IN LAPTOPS

In 2011 Tobii collaborated with Lenovo to create the first laptop built to use eye tracking technology.

The prototype won Laptop Magazine’s award for Best Enabling and New Technology awards, Notebooks.com Best of CES 2012 award and Popular Mechanics Editor’s Choice Award for Best New Product Design and Innovation.

OTHER APPLICATIONS

Cars Television Video Gaming

People with Disabilities

By monitoring eyelid movements and eye gaze directions to detect drowsiness, cars could alert to drivers to help prevent accidents

Using Gaze technology, television watchers could simplify their remotes, if not eliminate them completely.

Using eye control could make it possible to interactwith computer games in ways never before possible

Through Gaze using speech generation programs these individuals can finally communicate with their parents and loved ones for the first time in their lives.

REFERENCES

<http://www.ibtimes.com/tobii-lenovo-unveil-eye-tracking-laptop-cebit-272203>

<http://www.tobii.com/> <http://www.gizmag.com/tobii-gaze-

demonstrated-using-windows-8/21148/> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

2012/01/05/windows-8-gaze-interface-tobii_n_1186100.html>

<http://www.tobii.com/en/group/about-tobii/awards-and-merits/>