The EyePoint By: Nicolette Zak

Background Information

EyePoint was invented in 2007

EyePoint is an eye controlled computer mouse

Kumar invented the this mainly for the disabled

Works by allowing a computer user to control the mouse pointer with his/her eyes.

Technology

A camera is placed on the top of the computer

The user will use a “Look-Press-Look-Release” technique

The user will press a ‘Hotkey’

http://hci.stanford.edu/research/GUIDe/usingEyePoint.html

Testing

The Balloon Test: Recorded for performance speed and error rate percentage

Consisted of 28 people

Subject would click on a red balloon

http://hci.stanford.edu/publications/2007/chi253-kumar.pdf

Advantages

Feels more natural

Makes computers accessible for the disabled

Helps prevent long-term damage to a person’s hand joints, tendons, and nerves

This decreases the lag of moving the hand from the mouse to keyboard and vice versa frequently.

Disadvantages

From the Testing Results:

Comfort Level

The EyePoint is still being tested and is not on the market

Work Cited

MacKenzie, I. S. (2012). Evaluating eye tracking systems for computer input. In Majaranta, P., Aoki, H., Donegan, M., Hansen, D. W., Hansen, J. P., Hyrskykari, A., & Räihä, K.-J. (Eds.). Gaze interaction and applications of eye tracking: Advances in assistive technologies, pp. 205-225. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. http://www.yorku.ca/mack/cogain.html

"WORLD NEWS." : Bye, Bye Computer Mouse. N.p., 3 Mar. 2007. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.http://worldandnews.blogspot.com/2007/03/bye-bye-computer-mouse.html

"Driverless Cars Still Distant." MIT Technology Review. N.p., 2 Mar. 2007. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.http://www.technologyreview.com/news/407426/an-alternative-to-the-computer-mouse/page/2/