[extropy-chat] Read All About It

Emlyn emlynoregan at gmail.com
Tue Jul 13 12:16:29 UTC 2004


Or see here for eye-tracking software. Unfortunately, their core
ActiveX control is not yet "productified" [sic]...

http://www.tobii.se/

Emlyn

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:43:42 +0930, Emlyn <emlynoregan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, this pocket sized hologram projector might be the ticket...
> 
> http://holoprojector.notlong.com
> 
> (of course, it's not going to be on the market for a  few years at least)
> Emlyn
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:34:04 +0930, Emlyn <emlynoregan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:25:27 +0100, David <deimtee at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > > Since you'd be wearing glasses anyway, how about picking up jaw muscle
> > > movements and/or humming notes for control. You would only need a few
> > > different controls, and this would let you read hands-free. Would also
> > > be useful for paralysis victims.
> > >
> > > -david
> > >
> >
> > I was just watching Australian Idol... humming notes would be a *bad*
> > idea. People's PCs would be going bezerk! OTOH, basic computer use
> > training courses would be replaced by singing lessons, which would be
> > lucrative for my household, so I say go for it!
> >
> > > Eugen Leitl wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 08:06:17PM -0700, Adrian Tymes wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>How about a small touchpad on the side of the
> > > >>glasses?  Big enough to sense up/down/left/right and
> > > >>"hard" (finger pressing so much it covers most of the
> > > >>pad), which could be a click.  (Though you'd want a
> > > >>little latency, so you can go from nothing to click
> > > >>without acting on the up/down/left/right you'd pass
> > > >>through.)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Fails even armchair usability tests. Gestures are easier. One could also
> > > > think about a hand mouse, with scroll wheel(s), thumb pad area, etc. UWB
> > > > should be low enough power for sufficiently long battery time at the range.
> > > >
> > > > Don't forget voice input, too, it's easier than limb tracking from video.
> > > > I'm not sure whether using immobile CPU for crunch will fly, it will restrict
> > > > usability outside of home.
> >
> > If you are already wearing some kind of hud, why not add a mini
> > camera, then track eye movements for the cursor? That's already being
> > done for other applications.
> >
> > > >
> > > > Otoh, there's always the disparity how much crunch you can get for the given
> > > > battery time.
> > > >
> >
> > Take a look at the latest ipaqs from HP... tiny, light, pretty good
> > processors, and loooong battery life (a guy who works with me and has
> > one claims it can do 12 hours of constant usage).
> >
> > Emlyn
> >
> 
> 
> --
> Emlyn
>



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