Eye Gesture in a Mixed Reality Environment

Almoctar Hassoumi (1) , Christophe Hurter (1)

1 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile

Using a simple approach, we demonstrate that eye gestures could provide a highly accurate interaction modality in a mixed reality environment. Such interaction has been proposed for desktop and mobile devices. Recently, Gaze gesture has gained a special interest in Human-Computer Interaction and granted new interaction possibilities, particularly for accessibility. We introduce a new approach to investigate how gaze tracking technologies could help people with ALS or other motor impairments to interact with computing devices. In this paper, we propose a touch-free, eye movement based entry mechanism for mixed reality environments that can be used without any prior calibration. We evaluate the usability of the system with 7 participants, describe the implementation of the method and discuss its advantages over traditional input modalities.

Mots clés: Eye-movement; Interaction; Eye Tracking; Smooth Pursuit; Mixed Reality; Accessibility

Domaines: Informatique [cs]; Vision par ordinateur et reconnaissance de formes [cs.CV]; Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Almoctar Hassoumi, Christophe Hurter. Eye Gesture in a Mixed Reality Environment. HUCAPP 2019, 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, Feb 2019, Prague, Czech Republic. pp.P. 183 - 187 /ISBN: 978-989-758-354-4, ⟨10.5220/0007684001830187⟩. ⟨hal-02073441⟩