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The EyePoint By: Nicolette Zak

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

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The EyePoint By: Nicolette Zak

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  1. The EyePoint By: Nicolette Zak

  2. Background Information • EyePoint was invented in 2007 • EyePointis 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.

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. Disadvantages • From the Testing Results: • Comfort Level • The EyePoint is still being tested and is not on the market

  7. 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/

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