Windows 10 will be built-in eye tracking technology to move your eyes to operate the computer

Eye tracking technology company Tobii announced that it will work with Microsoft to integrate eye tracking with Windows 10. Currently, the technology is in beta and users can sign up for Windows Insider to gain experience and is expected to be widely available next year. This means that after years of research and development and grinding, eye tracking technology has finally become the basis of our daily electronic devices interactive way.

Use human eyes to complete human-computer interaction

Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Microsoft's chief aide, said: "The introduction of eye tracking technology into Windows 10 allows people to use the Windows interface with their eyes alone."

Perhaps you do not understand the eye tracking technology can bring what kind of change. Let's review it first.

Do you still remember the Dos system that came into contact with the computer at the beginning? The human-machine interface at that time also needed to be typed in machine language to get the output. Then the GUI started to support keyboard and mouse clicks, which greatly simplified the operation complexity , Personal computers can be universal. Then the emergence of touch screen and smart phone, making the human-computer interaction becomes more direct, people can not directly interact with the device through external devices such as keyboard and mouse. Eye tracking technology makes the interaction more natural and fluid.

Eye tracking is mainly the study of eye movement information acquisition, modeling and simulation. First, follow the eye and eyeballs around the characteristics of changes in tracking, and second, according to changes in iris angle tracking, and third, take the initiative to project the infrared beam to the iris to extract features. Therefore, the device can grasp all the activities of the human eye information, independent response to human activities.

The Windows 10 uses Tobii Eye Tracker 4C Eye Tracker peripherals. Just stick this peripheral device below the device, install the operating procedures can be used.

Eye tracking technology used in computer operations completely liberated our hands. We can use the eyes to complete the operation of the keyboard, mouse and hands, imagine when you tired to sit on the couch to watch the video, you do not have to touch this device, just need to watch the eyes can be free to play / pause the video When you cook in the kitchen, you no longer need to use oily hands to flip the recipe on your phone.

Eyeball interaction also extends many of the current scenarios where interactions are not possible. While you're reading a book, eye tracking keeps the page open automatically as your gaze moves; the video pauses automatically when your eyes are gone; eye tracking can trigger many new clues and tasks while playing games. With eye tracking technology, devices can better understand our intent and eye tracking technology can create more natural human-computer interaction.

Eye tracking can bring what

Henrik Eskilsson, CEO of Tobii, said: "Our mission is to make eye tracking technology part of everyday devices and adding a built-in eye tracking technology to Windows 10 is a milestone in this mission." The built-in eye tracking technology in Windows 10 is important Progress, but eye tracking technology has more potential.

Eye tracking technology is not a new technology, many companies have been research and development for many years. The Tobii partnered with Microsoft is a Swedish company founded in August 2001 and currently employs about 700 people. Is entering the field of eye tracking technology earlier company. In 2007 the company valued 14 million US dollars in 2009 reached 26.8 million US dollars. As early as 2012, Tobii developed the Eye Gaze interface for Windows 8. Intel has injected 21 million U.S. dollars into Tobii. Microsoft officially introduced the technology after five years, perhaps suggesting that eye-tracking technology is already well-prepared for mass-market electronics.

Eye tracking technology is widely used scenarios, eye tracking technology company to both the products, but also to C's products. Tobii's main business is research and development of medical eye control aids, precision eye-tracking devices for businesses and research institutes, consumer-oriented smart glasses and eyeball interaction technology for computer handsets.

At the end of 2016, Tobii completed a new round of financing of $ 50 million and plans to research eye tracking in smartphones and VRs. Eye tracking technology in addition to the potential of human-computer interaction, VR and AR more broad application scenarios, may become the basis of VR / AR technology.