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Re: CES 2014: is eye-tracking the future PC mouse?
« Reply #14 from previous page: January 10, 2014, 06:22:05 PM »
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I like how, in persia-land, calling out stupid technology for being stupid equals being blanketly opposed to all technology. That's definitely how that works. Guess there sure are a lot of Luddites around in that case...you know, like all the people who didn't buy 3D TVs that the industry wanted them to buy, who passed on Windows 8 which Microsoft wanted them to buy, who gave the finger to the original XBone and its draconian infringements of customer rights that Microsoft wanted them to buy into, and so on and so forth. Shame on them, the horrible, horrible Luddites! Don't they understand that any new technology is granted to mortals by the Tech Gods and must be slavishly tongued in appreciation?

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Isn't that just  your eyes do instantly? Reading for instance.
The challenge will be blinking, incidental movement and how you click.
Think of the possibilities for less able people. It will be a godsend.
Your eyes move pretty much constantly; the hard part is keeping them fixed in a specific direction when they reflexively want to move. Try directing your gaze around the corners of your field of vision for a few minutes, and see how long it takes you to start getting a headache.
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Re: CES 2014: is eye-tracking the future PC mouse?
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2014, 06:26:05 PM »
I wonder if Stephen Hawking would be able to use this?  Hook it up to Say on his Amiga and he'll have a whole new world of communication tools available to him!  :D
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Re: CES 2014: is eye-tracking the future PC mouse?
« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2014, 09:50:49 PM »
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Eye-tracking has many, many useful applications in lots of domains, regaring people with impairment


Couldn't agree more. I was thinking the kind of thing...people who are less-abled in regards to physical movement...quadraplegics, rehabilitation patients...
 

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Re: CES 2014: is eye-tracking the future PC mouse?
« Reply #17 on: January 12, 2014, 05:19:10 AM »
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I wonder if Stephen Hawking would be able to use this?  Hook it up to Say on his Amiga and he'll have a whole new world of communication tools available to him!  :D


It definitely could have been, but apparantly he is/was using a PS/2... Think about what he could do with a Minimig these days :)

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Re: CES 2014: is eye-tracking the future PC mouse?
« Reply #18 on: January 12, 2014, 08:58:04 AM »
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Your eyes move pretty much constantly; the hard part is keeping them fixed in a specific direction when they reflexively want to move. Try directing your gaze around the corners of your field of vision for a few minutes, and see how long it takes you to start getting a headache.

In other words: This sucks.
 

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Re: CES 2014: is eye-tracking the future PC mouse?
« Reply #19 on: January 12, 2014, 09:16:48 AM »
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In other words: This sucks.
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Re: CES 2014: is eye-tracking the future PC mouse?
« Reply #20 on: January 12, 2014, 05:11:32 PM »
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But don't despair! Though you may have to force yourself to endure physical discomfort for precisely no advantage whatsoever, your commitment to useless technology will bring The Future upon us faster! Thus it is written in the Book of Futurism!

Ah yes, so said the joker that sold me that tablet.
Excuse my Luddite inclinations while I type this out on a real keyboard with a mouse at its side.
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