Eye-based user interfaces: Some recent projects

Abstract

We are currently witnessing an increasing attention to issues related to Accessibility, which should eliminate, or at least reduce, the distance between disabled people and technology. However, particularly for severely-impaired persons, there are still many challenges that must be overcome. In this paper we present eye tracking as a valuable support for disability in the accomplishment of hands-free tasks. Moreover, we stress the potentials of eye-based interfaces to enhance the user-machine interaction process in “traditional” activities based on keyboard and mouse. Through the description of some of the projects we have recently developed at the University of Pavia, we will show how interfaces based on eye tracking can be really helpful in different contexts of use.