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 EyeTube also exists in another simplified incarnation developed for users whom are distracted by a larger number of options. It supports basic featurs such as browsing categories, optional keyword searching and favorites. 

 Main features

• Tailormade interface for gaze interaction without the "Midas touch" effect.
• Social online interaction, friends, subscriptions, comments
• Keyword searching
• Popular category browsing 

 Screenshots

Feature rich gaze driven interface for YouTube

Simplified gaze interface for YouTube. 

Download

The full feature version of the EyeTube gaze interface is available for download. Please register for an account at the YouTube website and edit the EyeTubeSettings.xml to match your account. The EyeTube is supplied under a Freeware licence. Please read the licence.txt included in the package. 

• Download EyeTube (requires .Net 3.5)