{"id":5800,"date":"2021-03-20T16:41:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T23:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/?p=5800"},"modified":"2021-03-20T16:41:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T23:41:10","slug":"eye-movement-tracking-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2021\/03\/20\/eye-movement-tracking-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye Movement Tracking Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Eye tracking technology has progressed so much in the past few decades and particularly the past few years. As technology becomes more and more sophisticated, eye tracking technology is finding its way into more areas of society and possibly soon into our everyday lives through our mobile devices, computers and televisions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the main sections of my A3 delves into the educational uses for eye tracking using mobile devices and the\u00a0potential this technology has to assess aspects of students\u2019 reading ability. The more I researched, the more impressed I became with how far the development of tracking eye movement has come since first really considering its uses in the final year of my undergrad degree.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eye tracking has applications in so many facets of entertainment, research and society. In the world of entertainment, video game and VR developers are harnessing this hands free technology to create increasingly immersive experiences for consumers where the game follows and responds to the player\u2019s gaze. Researchers have been using eye tracking technology for years in a lab setting to study topics involving psychology and reading for example. Previously, to track eye movement, subjects would come to the lab or office equipped with monitors hooked up to bulky goggles, headgear and head rests to conduct research and experiments. Now, as this technology continues to develop and decrease in size, these research applications can find their way out into the world into more remote locations by using mobile devices such as cell phones and tablets, where they are no longer tied to a lab. In our technology-driven society, eye movement interaction could be the next frontier for mobile devices and other monitors. As we can see in this demonstrational video<\/a>, even older mobile devices are capable of supporting eye tracking technology to change their interface.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What other areas of society do you think will be next to adopt eye movement tracking technology and what are your hesitations to this entering our everyday lives? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eye tracking technology has progressed so much in the past few decades and particularly the past few years. As technology becomes more and more sophisticated,…<\/p>\n

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