Win8's coolest app - eye tracking technology

Latest news, at next week's CES2012, the Swedish company Tobii plans to show eye tracking interactive tool called Gaze, this tool is fully compatible with Microsoft Windows8Metro user interface, if you do not want to use vertical touch screen Or use the mouse to control the Metro interface, Gaze will be a good solution.

Gaze is a rectangular compression equipment - currently 8-inch smaller than TobiIIS-1, placed below the laptop screen to track your eye. You can activate it by pressing the trackpad, it takes a few seconds to find your pupil and calculate the point of sight by algorithm. It also has a virtual "head movement range" to indicate that the device can track the area of ​​your eye.

Tobii said Gaze can be traced to 1/4 inch LiveTile or icon you are looking at, while smaller icons or text can still use the touchpad to move the pointer. Gaze can see from the demo video, still need to meet the trackpad to use in actual use, such as running applications:

Tobii Gaze does not plan to sell directly to consumers, and the computer will apparently The manufacturer discussed the matter of the built-in Gaze device. At the last CES attended by Microsoft, this eye tracking technology will also be displayed on the Microsoft booth.

Tobii Since its inception in 2001, has mastered the eye-tracking patents 13. If Microsoft integrates eye tracking technology in Kinect, it will inevitably have to contact Tobii. Of course, the acquisition is not impossible.