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From: mcohen@ac-next2 (Michael Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Re: re: Eye Movement Tracker
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Date: 18 Jun 91 23:57:14 GMT
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In article <91Jun17.083128edt.6299@neat.cs.toronto.edu> mgreen@cs.toronto.edu  
(Marc Green) writes:
> [...]
> Yes. The ability to hold your eyes still is a very rare talent. (I
> know because we used to look for such people in vision research.) The
> amount of involuntary movement varies from peron to person.

I remember reading that the the actors in a science fiction movie,
i think it was "Futureworld" or "Westworld", playing robots,
had to learn not to move their eyes.  This is particularly difficult
when the head turns, since one has a natural inclination to allow
the eyes to lead.

Michael Cohen
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