Eye Draw - University of Oregon Research Project
This is one of our design collaborators using EyeDraw
to draw an outdoor scene.
This is one of our design collaborators using EyeDraw
to draw an outdoor scene.
EyeDraw is a research project at the University of Oregon that enables users to draw pictures solely with the use of their eyes. The project started in the summer of 2003.
An eye tracker is used to detect eye movements and that data is interpreted by the application in order to allow users to click on buttons, choose starting and ending points, and save and retrieve drawings.
The picture to the right shows an early version of EyeDraw and a drawing created by one of its developers. The challenge is to provide an intuitive and plausible way for users to intentionally place shapes on the canvas. This requires the program to distinguish between when a user is "looking" and when they are "drawing."