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Re: Character Input w/o using Hands, Voice etc.

From: "R. Paul McCarty" <>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 08:21:00 -0400 (EDT)

On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, Bill Nordstrom wrote:
> For hands-free, voice free, pointer direction the best approach IMO is to
> develop an eye tracking solution.  This would require a camera or low power
> laser within the hmd that would follow the movement of the eye.  I've also seen
> experimental implementations of this that use a contact lense containing a thin
> wire in its periphery to aide in tracking.  I also remember seeing something in
> the movie "Blue Thunder" about how the comanche helicopters have an eye tracking
> system in the helmet so the pilot just has to look at something to target it.

There are easier ways to track the eye than using a laser, I know some
people doing vision research at the university of Rochester, and they are
using just plain old video grabbed from a miniature camera mounted on the
head to track the eye.  The eye is also very easy to track if you
illuminate it with IR light.

-Paul

R. Paul McCarty / DARS Coordinator /  / x52059
317 Lattimore Hall, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627
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