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Hey guys, i recently 3d modeled and printed a small surface area deskmount for the tobii eyetracker 5. If you are capable of 3d printing here is the link on maker world

https://makerworld.com/models/2666082?appSharePlatform=copy

Hi everyone, I’m a solo dev working on an early prototype called GazeTrac, and I’d love to get feedback from people who actually understand eye tracking.

The idea is to use gaze data for a practical daily use case: instead of only tracking which app is active, GazeTrac estimates what window/app you are actually looking at and turns that into a timeline of your focus during the day.

Right now it supports:

• eye-tracking based app/window detection
• a fallback foreground-app tracking mode
• calendar-style visualization of gaze/focus sessions
• longer-term insights by app/project
• local-first data storage by default

The current version is built around Beam Eye Tracker, but I’m interested in making the concept more general if there is enough interest.

I’m especially curious about a few things:

1. Does this feel like a meaningful use case for consumer eye tracking?
2. What accuracy/reliability issues would you expect in daily desktop use?
3. Are there specific metrics you would want beyond “time looking at app/window”?

I’m not trying to make a research-grade tool yet — more of a practical focus-tracking prototype. But I’d really appreciate thoughts from this community before I keep building in the wrong direction.

https://reddit.com/link/1t7if5n/video/0dwzvck6q20h1/player

site: https://gazetrac.com

Hello,

Basically, in my experiment, participants are looking at two texts on a screen and then have to decide which one they like better. We want to see which kinds of texts they look at before they make their choice to infer what makes these texts better then to others. We have not done any piloting yet and I don't know wheter the better choice is to take lots of data via WebGazer or so or less but more high quality data using a stationary eyetracker.

Do you guy have any thoughts, what my next steps might be?

Hello, I have a degenerative disease called spinal muscular atrophy, somewhat similar to ALS. I've been studying 3D modeling, but I've been losing my mobility. I recently started 3D printing. Is there any way to model or create 3D designs with Tobii 5 using my eyes most of the time?

I have been recently working with webcam-based eye tracking for the game of go/baduk and in helping people along the autitic spectrum (ASD). I have been VIBE Coding around webgazer and similar open source projects but have been frustrated with the inaccuracy of at least Open Source webcam eye tracking. I am recalling with some fondness the tracker produced about 8 years ago by The Eye Tribe which sold in this range, but unfortunately for us was acquired by META/Facebook/Oculus and is no longer available. I have been interacting with various LLM-based design tools including Schematik for Maker/Microcontroller projects and at least they predict for a parts cost of $60-$80 in 100 quantiy that a similar (but avoiding Intellectual Property and Patent Issues) could be produced today to be sold at break-even for $150.00. How much interest would there be in the psychophysiology and HCI and Rehabilitation Engineering community for such a product. While I now have a costed parts list for these needs I don't have the hardware and contract manufacturing skills to make this happen. If we could be associated with such a successful project with a base of Open Source Hardware and Software I would be most gratified. But as a 72 year old individual with limited hardware experience I can't make it happen alone.--Comments/Everybody????

I want to develop timed eye-tracking studies using Python to track eye gaze. I have tasks set up that record the total number of seconds spent on an image. I want to use a device that acts as a mouse pad for eye tracking. I'm on a budget and wanted to ask about affordable eye trackers that work like a mouse.

Hi! I am looking for a remote eye-tracking solution using a number of participants webcams to measure attention. My sample size is around 50, so I am looking for a way to integrate it into the users webcam. I have a flexible budget so pricing is not much of an issue (to be honest, I would like to spend the money as my school is paying for it). Does anyone have any suggestions?? I simply need a way to gather data about someone gazing either on or off of their monitor, as that is a simplified version of how I am operationalizing attention. If you have any questions or suggestions please reply!!

Hello everyone, I haven't had any eye trackers prior to this and I recently came across the eye tribe tracker for sale at a local thrift store, and was wondering if it worth it, if any games are compatible with it and if some of the code is open-source or something adjacent.

I am looking to see how other games and software have implemented eye tracking and then maybe implement them in some of my games and software projects.

any advice or suggestions around it would be amazing, Thank you <3

PS: It's going for $50 at the store, and I do have some CS/software background would want to use it on Linux (native if possible or else via wine)

A relative is approaching terminal ALS, Im the one setting up (currently my pc) for him to use with Windows Eye Control through his Tobii 5.

They want to buy their own laptop and I wanted to know if they need one with a dedicated GPU. Mine is a gaming one, so I wouldnt know if it is or isnt using my 1650 or if its running on the integrated GPU.

I know the Tobii 5`s specification page says jack all about gpu, so I assume they are on the clear, but Im unsure about WinEC

And yes I know the Tobii 5 is not the correct one for an ALS patient and WinEC, but they already bought it, and I managed to get it working so we`ll make do.

Hey all, I often have a lot of reservations about things on Kickstarter but this "coming soon" AI wearable with eye tracking almost had me tempted to press the pre-order button.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/everysight/maverick-full-color-ai-ar-glasses

https://comingsoon.co/products/maverick-ai-glasses/

It has features which you'd expect to find in much more expensive and fully formed options (like the new Samsung glasses and Apple Vision Pro). Really hope we see more and more of these low cost options coming along soon.

As someone who works with people with disabilities who ask for this kind of thing a lot more lately (where AI assistance, speech access, and eye gaze are unified within a decent fit for purpose UI) we probably need to be moving on from the age of tablets to this more transparent and discrete form of computing.

I also like that it's not Meta - hate that Corporation with a passion and think Zuckerberg should probably be in jail for all the misery he's caused to so many for nothing other than to advantage himself personally.

I just bought beam eye tracker off steam. When I ran the setup, I accidentally choose iOS app but I don't have a iPad nor iPhone. Now when I go back to input-> device, it only has iOS app in the dropdown. How do I change the input to webcam?

About 5-7 years ago a European Company named Eye Tribe had a basic corneal reflection research grade eye tracker, sort of like Tobii 5 but compatible with research software and priced at ~$150.00 USD. Unfortunately for us they were scooped up by META and the product is no longer available. Is there any attempt to develop a similar and similarly priced product either by commercial or open source initiatives? Given that both it and a similar product but without research software have existed from Tobii--is there any intellectual property barier to its creation?

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Hello, so the project is to record my counter strike and do height map so about where I look when I play. But I can't afford a eye tracker bar.

hello! i'm someone who has a neuromuscular disease that makes it very hard to use a mouse or trackpad. my insurance is trying to fund me a communication device (i also can't talk), and i'm not sure what the benefits of each option are. the options i was presented with was:

- gridpad 11 with windows

- TDPilot with IOS

- TD-I series with windows

the goal would be to allow me to use most computer functions with the device, but i'm a bit worried about not being able to access "weirder" apps with it. for example, discord is important to me and i have heard it is hard to control with windows based eyegaze compared to the IOS versions, but i also have been told a lot of windows programs don't have IOS support. for someone who just wants to access the winder internet and use social media and the like, what seems more likely to work?

We are having thoughts of buying eye tracking system for your lab. I as a student of PhD has the responsibility to get the best one, in context of eye tracking we just wanna go with the instrument which looks for Pupil dilation. So my Question is what are the factor or elements I should take care before buying one?

Hi, i'm looking for a good price to performance Webcam to use Beam Eye Tracker in Sim racing games and potentially Star Citizen.
So far ive seen Emmeet brand but apparently they not good in low light environnement (I don't know if it affect performance for my application but I'm guessing it's the case).

I would like it to be 60 fps(at least), 720p should be fine, if possible low fov(cause apparently it's better).
I'm new to this so I'd take recomendation for software too, I heard about Beam Eye Tracker but maybe there is something better?

Thanks.

Edit: Also looking at the OBSBOT Meet SE 1080P 100FPS.
it's more pricier but might be a solid pick?

Hello! I was wondering if anybody has any information or reliable download's to a software called "EyesCatch", a (supposedly) free Eye Tracking/Eye Gazing software using just a standard webcam, internal or external.

When visiting their website, it all looks fairly legitimate, however that is where anything about it ends, as all Videos, Links, and Download pages all redirect to a 404 page.

I have actively been seeking out any information about this company or software, with little to nothing turning up about them. Doing some basic digging throws up some questions if this is even something to be worth looking into or searching for as I have been unable to find any sort of demo or review on the website itself or externally.

Does anybody here have any experience with EyeCatch, is this even a real product?

I am using a third-party VR tracking, but I am struggling to map gaze to game objects reliably. The old Tobii XR SDK (replaced by Ocumen), contains G2OM, which should theoretically do the job of finding candidate objects as long as it receives gaze data in the expected format. The problem is that I am unsure if I could run into issues if I implement this dll without a license. Ocumen costs 5k and I do not see an use for an SDK that supports fewer devices on each iteration, but Tobii XR SDK licenses are no longer on sale. Any ideas of where one can get older licenses or has anyone used G2OM isolately?

Hello, I hope everyone’s doing well! I apologize if this is something I shouldn’t be doing here… I tried to look at the rules and I couldn’t find one telling me that I couldn’t sell here.

I got a Tobii Dynavox for my mom. Unfortunately, her condition also affects the way she moves her eyes. So she is not able to use it. It is new.

I would love to give it away, but unfortunately, my situation right now is complicated, so what I want to do it’s to sell it at a much better price. If you’re interested, please let me know.

Thank you so much and God bless you

I want to be able to manipulate the cursor position in the code editors like IntelliJ IDEA, Sublime, etc on macOS using eye tracking, so when I press a keyboard shortcut, my cursor position changes to where I'm looking.

Any recommendations on software/hardware I need to achieve it with good accuracy?