Transparent reality: Using eye gaze focus depth as interaction modality

Yun Suen Pai; Benjamin Outram; Noriyasu Vontin; Kai Steven Kunze

doi:10.1145/2984751.2984754

Transparent reality: Using eye gaze focus depth as interaction modality

Yun Suen Pai, Benjamin Outram, Noriyasu Vontin, Kai Steven Kunze

Graduate School of Media Design

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Abstract

We present a novel, eye gaze based interaction technique, using focus depth as an input modality for virtual reality (VR) applications. We also show custom hardware prototype implementation. Comparing the focus depth based interaction to a scroll wheel interface, we find no statistically significant difference in performance (the focus depth works slightly better) and a subjective preference of the users in a user study with 10 participants playing a simple VR game. This indicates that it is a suitable interface modality that should be further explored. Finally, we give some application scenarios and guidelines for using focus depth interactions in VR applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	UIST 2016 Adjunct - Proceedings of the 29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	171-172
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450345316
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2984751.2984754
Publication status	Published - 2016 Oct 16
Event	29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2016 - Tokyo, Japan Duration: 2016 Oct 16 → 2016 Oct 19

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Other	29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2016
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tokyo
Period	16/10/16 → 16/10/19

Keywords

Eye tracking
Focus depth
Interaction modality
Virtual reality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction

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Transparent reality: Using eye gaze focus depth as interaction modality. / Pai, Yun Suen; Outram, Benjamin; Vontin, Noriyasu et al.
UIST 2016 Adjunct - Proceedings of the 29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2016. p. 171-172.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Pai, YS, Outram, B, Vontin, N & Kunze, KS 2016, Transparent reality: Using eye gaze focus depth as interaction modality. in UIST 2016 Adjunct - Proceedings of the 29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 171-172, 29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2016, Tokyo, Japan, 16/10/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2984751.2984754

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