Researcher Develops Mouseless Computing

A Stanford researcher has found a mouse alternative while working on the Gaze-enhanced User Interface Design (GUIDe) project. With EyePoint, a user merely looks at a computer screen and touches a key on the keyboard, and she/he can highlight text, scroll, and click links without the use of a cursor. The eye-tracking hardware consists of a specialized screen with a high-def camera and infra-red lights.

“Eye-tracking technology was developed for disabled users,” Manu Kumar says, “but the work that we’re doing here is trying to get it to a point where it becomes more useful for able-bodied users.”

Great idea, but we want to know if this will work with coke-bottle glasses wearers.

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