Well, as it reads,<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Dominate (Su)<br/><br/>A vampire can crush an opponent’s will just by looking onto his or her eyes. This is similar to a gaze attack, except that the vampire must use a standard action, and those merely looking at it are not affected. Anyone the vampire targets must succeed on a Will save or fall instantly under the vampire’s influence as though by a dominate person spell (caster level 12th). The ability has a range of 30 feet. </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>A vampire doesn't actually have to get you to meet their gaze, they just have to look at your eyes and you have to mentally fight them for control (which is represented by the Will save).<br/><br/>Alternatively, you could say that the Will save is to see if your character remembered/can control themselves well enough not to look into the vampire's eyes reflexively, and that in that case the vampire would need to make eye contact.<br/><br/>As it reads, I go with the first interpretation of it.