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From: asylvain@felix.UUCP (Alvin "the Chipmunk" Sylvain)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Eye Movement Tracker
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Date: 14 Jun 91 03:39:18 GMT
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How about tossing that old mouse into the trash can, and construct a
device which looks into your eyes while you're reading the screen, and
can actually track the precise location of what you're looking at?

Rather than "clicking" a mouse, you just touch a button when you want to
select the word or screen-button that's in your current "gaze."  Natur-
ally, a cursor follows your gaze around the screen, and touching the
button flashes the cursor (or inverts the screen button, whatever) for
immediate feedback.

Such devices already exist, but they require physical contact with the
eyeball.  This is undesireable (at least to me!)

This may sound rather like science-fiction, but it's probably possible.

Don't forget, if anybody _does_ invent such a thing, you heard it here
first!
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