Microsoft Releases Gaze-Tracking System That Works On Any Device
The researchers at Microsoft have developed an AI-based gaze tracking system that works on any device. This system is correctly dubbed as ‘hardware-agnostic’, given its ability to function on any type of device; further, the researchers believe that such a feature would now lay the groundwork for developing prediction capabilities of deep neural networks to control computers, tablets, or phones using just the eyes. This system utilises a deep neural network architecture as an appearance-based method that uses facial imagery for constrained gaze-tracking. The said facial imagery is captured on an ordinary RGB camera present in most modern computing devices. Microsoft’s new gaze-tracking architecture could find its application in enabling people with motor-neuron disabilities such as ALS and cerebral palsy to control their devices, for doctors to interact with patient information without touching the screen or the keyboard, interactive gaming, behavioural studies, and user experience research. Hardware-Agnostic GazeTracker Eye-gaze based computers depend on complex computational tasks requiring measuring the user’s head-pose, head-positioning, eye-rotation, and the distance between the user and the object. All the mentioned variables are calculated with respect to the observer’s frame of reference,…
