Eyegaze Games.com
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Following further development of the pilot project, SpecialEffect is launching Eye Gaze Games a website of free games to play using eye movement alone using eye gaze technology. This post will go through the different eye gaze options and settings available.
Depending on the game, online leaderboards allow you to compete against other players around the world or you can play directly against others online 1 v 1, such as in Chess and Checkers. Players will also be able to play some games against the computer and also against friends and family on the same device. Other control options are being added too, such as one and two switch access and using other assistive mice.
The Eye Gaze Games website has been designed to be compatible with as many eye gaze cameras as we possibly can. If you can use your eye gaze camera to control a mouse cursor or make a mouse click selection, to control Windows, then you should be able to use it on the site when configured correctly.
On loading the site for the first time (or via the wand icon in the settings menu), a setup wizard for the controls will appear. For eye gaze, choose the option in the centre of the screen when prompted:
If you do choose to use the built-in dwell select, you will be given the option to adjust your dwell time (the length of time the mouse cursor will need to be over a target until it selects it) and whether you want the dwell click countdown to be shown by a pie or a shrinking dot animation:
As mentioned, if you find that you would like to change your setup following this, you can open the wizard again from the wand icon in the settings menu, or change settings directly from the settings menu itself (not currently eye gaze accessible).
In addition to eye gaze, other input devices can be used to play, with plans to add more. Currently, you can play using mice and assistive mice, touch, and also using one or two accessibility switches. These can also be set up and customised through the setup wizard or the settings menu.
We hope this post has been useful in introducing Eye Gaze Games and its eye gaze controls and settings options. To try the options for yourself with your eye gaze camera or other compatible input devices, visit www.eyegazegames.com
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Eye-gaze or eye-tracking is a way of accessing your computer, tablet or communication aid using a mouse that you control with your eyes. A special camera attached to the computer follows your eyes to see where you are looking on the screen. You can then select the item you are looking at by dwelling (staring at the screen for a length of time), blinking or clicking with a switch.
Because eye-gaze acts as a mouse it can be used in more-or-less the same way as a standard mouse. Therefore people who use eye-gaze can play games, send and receive email, write text messages, draw and paint, make music, watch TV and anything else that is possible with a standard mouse.
Eye-gaze is typically used by people with a physical disability that would prevent them from being able to use a keyboard, mouse, touchscreen or specially-adapted alternative device. People with clear speech can usually use speech recognition instead of eye-gaze, but increasingly people with speech are choosing to combine the two.
Follow this link for a table comparing the features of the most popular eyegaze trackers. This will help you to match the optimum tracker to suit the individual, their environment and the activities they wish to use it for.
If you have access to an Android phone or tablet and want to try a basic communication system using a primitive form of eye-gaze then you can download the free Look to Speak from the Google Play Store.
Users of the newer iPad Pro, iPhone X, XS or XR can try the free Hawkeye app which you can use to browse the internet using your eyes. This is only available on iPads and iPhones with the TrueDepth camera.
Increasingly mainstream video games are becoming more accessible as the eye-gaze technology improves. One notable example is MineCraft that can now be accessed through the free EyeMine app from Special Effect.
For Eye-Gaze artists at the very first stage of their journey the Jackson Pollock website is very good. Those who have developed good eye-gaze understanding and control might want to try what the professionals are using: ArtRage and Rebelle 5.
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