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Apple’s new iOS 13 feature corrects your gaze during video calls

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A video call is a great way to connect with friends and family when you can't physically be together. But even if you're staring directly at your loved one's face, there's still something a little off about the whole process. The way your phone's scr...

Don’t Lose Your Cool

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Gaze is a fridge focused on making the process of finding food faster and easier… all without opening it! It features smart shelves and compartments that not only keep things organized in an intuitive way but also keep track of available items.

This information is displayed directly on a robust touch screen system on the exterior door. Here, users can actually see inside the fridge to view what items are available and review a detailed list of what’s inside whether it’s to cook or make grocery lists… all without having to open it which means less energy waste and prolonged food freshness!

Designer: Heejin Youn

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Google patent would track objects within your gaze

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Google patent would track whatever falls within your gaze

Google already has a patent that would let Glass and other eyewear identify what's in front of you. However, it just received a new patent for a method that could follow your exact gaze. The proposed system would include both forward-facing and eye-tracking cameras, correlating both to determine what's grabbing your attention. It could gauge emotional responses to objects by watching for pupil dilation, and it could be used to charge advertisers based on how long wearers stare at a given ad. Google may also have an eyepiece upgrade to go along with its gaze detection, we'd note -- the company just received a patent for a quantum dot-based eye display. There's no evidence that Google will use either of these new inventions anytime soon, but we wouldn't be surprised if they represent what Glass could look like a few generations from now.

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Tobii REX brings Gaze eye-tracking tech to any Windows 8 machine

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Tobii REX brings eyetracking tech to any Windows 8 machine

Tobii may not be a household brand name yet, but that doesn't make the company's eye-tracking technology any less impressive. At last year's CES we got an opportunity to preview Gaze UI, an interface that allowed us to navigate, zoom, select and scroll on a proprietary Windows 8-enabled laptop with just our pupils and a touchpad; this year, Tobii is introducing the REX, a USB-connected peripheral that adds these features to any Windows 8 PC. The device, slightly larger than a pen, adheres to the base of any PC monitor and can be integrated with other existing controls such as the keyboard, mouse or touchpad. Though this may sound quite similar to the PCEye launched in 2011, it's different in that the REX isn't intended for use as an assistive technology, so you'll still need to keep that mouse and trackpad around. Consumer pricing and availability haven't been announced, but Tobii plans to offer 5,000 units to consumers before the end of 2013; for developers, however, a special edition (seen above) should be available starting today for $995.

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Tobii, Fujitsu and NTT DoCoMo partner on eye tracking ibeam tablet, promise a peek in October

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Tobii, Fujitsu and NTT DoCoMo partner on eyetracking ibeam tablet, promise a peek next month

Tobii's eye tracking Gaze UI hasn't been especially portable so far, but we'll soon see that change through a new collaboration involving Fujitsu and NTT DoCoMo. The trio plan to reveal the ibeam, an Android tablet with Tobii's smaller IS20 (formerly the IS-2) detector taking input just through glances. Together, the partners want to show that an eye-driven interface can be more reactive than plain old multi-touch: think turning a page in an e-book while you're holding on to a subway car strap. We're only getting a brief preview as of today, but we're teased with the prospect of a full look at NTT DoCoMo's CEATEC booth in early October. Whether or not ibeam leads to more than a well-that's-nice prototype, though, is still up in the air.

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Tobii, Fujitsu and NTT DoCoMo partner on eye tracking ibeam tablet, promise a peek in October originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Tobii, Fujitsu and NTT DoCoMo partner on eye tracking ibeam tablet, promise a peek in October

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Tobii, Fujitsu and NTT DoCoMo partner on eyetracking ibeam tablet, promise a peek next month

Tobii's eye tracking Gaze UI hasn't been especially portable so far, but we'll soon see that change through a new collaboration involving Fujitsu and NTT DoCoMo. The trio plan to reveal the ibeam, an Android tablet with Tobii's smaller IS20 (formerly the IS-2) detector taking input just through glances. Together, the partners want to show that an eye-driven interface can be more reactive than plain old multi-touch: think turning a page in an e-book while you're holding on to a subway car strap. We're only getting a brief preview as of today, but we're teased with the prospect of a full look at NTT DoCoMo's CEATEC booth in early October. Whether or not ibeam leads to more than a well-that's-nice prototype, though, is still up in the air.

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Tobii, Fujitsu and NTT DoCoMo partner on eye tracking ibeam tablet, promise a peek in October originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microsoft applies to patent gaze-tracking camera, wants to stare into your eyes

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Microsoft applies to patent gazetracking camera, wants to stare into your eyes

See that complication of a line-drawing above? Well that's Microsoft describing how it would like to patent a function for a dual 3D and 2D camera setup that's able to process precisely where your eyes fall on a screen. While Kinect could fulfill that hardware component, the application goes into more detail on how the "gaze tracker" would calculate both the direction you're looking in and track the region of the screen that you're focusing on. It aims to do this by closely following your eye -- more specifically the pupil and iris -- with some attention also paid to monitoring the orientation of your head. The Mountain View crew aren't too specific with the remit for the notion, but it could follow similar lines to an Apple patent application we've seen previously -- heck, it could even lead to some eyeball-based UI navigation. Let your mind wander over the possibilities and stare at the full application at the source below.

Microsoft applies to patent gaze-tracking camera, wants to stare into your eyes originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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