Odd-looking glasses track your eyes and facial expressions without cameras

Two new technologies allow a single pair of glasses to track eye movements and read the wearer’s facial expressions, respectively. The systems use sonar instead of cameras, for better battery life and increased user privacy.Continue ReadingCategory: We… Continue reading Odd-looking glasses track your eyes and facial expressions without cameras

Odd-looking glasses track your eyes and facial expressions without cameras

Two new technologies allow a single pair of glasses to track eye movements and read the wearer’s facial expressions, respectively. The systems use sonar instead of cameras, for better battery life and increased user privacy.Continue ReadingCategory: We… Continue reading Odd-looking glasses track your eyes and facial expressions without cameras

Experiencing Visual Handicaps and Their Impact on Daily Life, With VR

Researchers presented an interesting project at the 2024 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces: it uses VR and eye tracking to simulate visual deficits such as macular …read more Continue reading Experiencing Visual Handicaps and Their Impact on Daily Life, With VR

Eye-tracking window tech tells sightseers about what they’re looking at

If you’re on a sightseeing tour in a bus, you really don’t want to be looking away from the passing attractions to Google them on your smartphone. The AR Interactive Vehicle Display is intended to help, by showing relevant information on the vehicle’s … Continue reading Eye-tracking window tech tells sightseers about what they’re looking at

Performance-building FalconFrames keep an eye on athletes’ eyes

In fast-paced sports such as tennis, keeping your eye on the ball – and on your opponent – is essential to success. The FalconFrames wearable was designed with that fact in mind, as it’s claimed to help boost its user’s neuro-visual skills.Continue Rea… Continue reading Performance-building FalconFrames keep an eye on athletes’ eyes

Hackaday Prize 2023: Eye-Tracking Wheelchair Interface Is a Big Help

For those with quadriplegia, electric wheelchairs with joystick controls aren’t much help. Typically, sip/puff controllers or eye-tracking solutions are used, but commercial versions can be expensive. [Dhruv Batra] has been …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: Eye-Tracking Wheelchair Interface Is a Big Help

Gaize is like a VR-based breathalyzer for drug use

While breathalyzers make it quick and easy to tell if someone is drunk, it takes more time and effort to determine if they’re intoxicated by drugs such as cannabis. A new device known as Gaize could reportedly soon change that.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Gaize is like a VR-based breathalyzer for drug use