Posture considerations

writing with head mountedeye tracker

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Eye trackers primarily designed to read on screen have geometric requirements.

Participant line of sight should be perpendicular to the screen surface (more or less).

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Handwriting support can be “tilted”.

Nowadays, handwriting is usually done on a flat surface, not a vertical one.

Except in this case ! (Beware to backache)

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But when seated, problems with line of sight tends to appear.

When seated:• from the eye tracker head camera (and participant) point of view, screen

is not a square, but a trapeze

• participant moving up / down or tilting head creates parallax effect: gaze point is miscalculated.

• participant are closer to “screen” than recommended by manufacturer:because of forearm length, participant’s eye is about 35 cm from screen.

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A solution

Participant stands up, desk is elevated toward his elbow.

electrically adjustable height

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