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Eye Control, A Promise To Let Your Tablet Go Hands-Free
Originally published on Mon December 3, 2012 3:57 am Forget
touch screens and voice recognition — what if you could control
your computer just by looking at it? Gaze-based interaction has
been around for 20 years, used mainly by people with
disabilities. But the technology could be available to the
masses soon, allowing users to move a cursor with their eyes, or
turn the pages of an e-book without lifting a finger. In
Denmark, an eye-control research group has just turned itself
into a business, hoping to be part of the next wave of
usability. If you look at the big names in eye-control
technology, you'll notice that most companies are based in the
U.S. or Northern Europe, places where there's enough private
wealth or government support to help people with disabilities
pay for pricey specialized equipment. "But not everyone gets
it," says usability expert Sune Alstrup Johansen, of the Gaze G