The News – Apple is said to be seriously exploring the option of using “gaze vectors” – in short identifying where your eyes are looking at and using that information to letting users to navigate websites. Apple is hoping to launch this with the forthcoming tablet.
The Trend – The mouse has been used for browsing for a long time now. Wouldn’t it be cool if you can do away with the mouse and do our work without the need for scrolling using the mouse? Any innovation in this area is welcome.
The benefits – Arranging the web page based on the user eye movements is very natural and the way we normally scan newspapers today. So it is something everybody is used to and will therefore have a mass appeal.
The challenges – We are prone to distractions and so it may happen that sometimes our eyes are concentrating on other things which is not part of the web page. The software needs to be smart enough to identify this and not get distracted. Also the movements need to be smooth or else it could turn out to be a huge distraction.
Read more at – http://recombu.com/news/is-apple-about-to-open-a-can-of-eye-tracking_M11321.html
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