Introducing: EyeTube for YouTube

[martintall]

The EyeTube prototype offers a feature rich eye controlled interface for the popular YouTube service. Instead of emulating a mouse pointer and interacting with a web browser the EyeTube interface is especially designed to be driven by gaze input. It offers a wide range of features such as keyword searching, popular video feeds, favorites and social aspects such as subscriptions, friends and commenting on videos.The highly optimized interfaces allows for a streamline interaction which is aleviated from the Midas Touch problem. In most previous gaze interfaces selection is made by a dwell time activator, e.g fixat a button for a specific amount of time and it will execute the function. In the EyeTube interface a fixation on a U.I element will highlight it and a second fixation on the activation button is required to execute the function. This removes the stress of having to constantly move the eyes to avoid unintentional activation.



The software is now available for download at http://www.gazegroup.org/research/25

We would really appreciate your feedback on it.

[leospalteholz]

Is there a trick to making the videos work? I can browse the interface and perform searches just fine (using a mouse), but when I click on a video I just see a black square where it should be. Is there an install guide somewhere?

[javiersanagustin]

Maybe you're missing the flash plugin on IE. Try installing the latest version and see if that helps.