Tobii Gaze Interface for Windows 8 Revolutionizes Computer Interaction

Tobii Technology demonstrates how Gaze interaction makes it possible to point and interact in ways that are superior to both touch and mouse. It changes the user interface for regular computers as fundamentally as touch has for handheld devices. Visit www.tobii.com/gaze-interaction to learn more.

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windows 8 has a start screen with large
tiles that are ideal to touch while the
traditional mouse pointer feels more out
of place better suited for hitting
smaller targets gaze is the technology
that makes it possible for a computer to
know with this level of precision
we're on the screen you are looking and
it's always the ideal way to . the
Windows 8 Start screen invited to swipe
through your apps in a natural way and
it is easy and intuitive to launch an
app for just tapping on it
laptops to not offer touch functionality
and even if they did touching a vertical
surfaces both tiresome an awkward
meanwhile it doesn't feel natural to
move around the start screen using the
mouse pointer it requires too much
effort to hit tiles that with their
large size should be easy to hit
with gays you simply need to look at the
app you want to launch this is both
natural and easy as you anyway look at
what you want to do tap once on the
touch pad 2 launch the application you
look at swiping through applications is
just as intuitive swipe on the touch pad
and the computer will behave as though
you swiped on the touch screen
the only difference is you do not need
to reach out and touch a vertical
surface
and more cluttered environments such as
web pages with links close to each other
the mouse pointer is powerful for
selecting the link you want
while it is challenging to hit the right
link with touch fingers are not equipped
with a short . so touch this by nature
not exact
to make things worse while the fingers
touching the screen it also blocks you
feel of you so you can see what you're
touching
if you want to be sure to hit the right
link you need to take three steps assume
in touch the link and Sue mout not very
attractive
with gays as soon as you place your
finger on the touchpad you're provided
with feedback about where you're looking
unlike touch the fingers not blocking
your view and you can easily fine tune
we're on the screen you want to .
through small movements on the touch pad
it is very easy to select the link or
object
no matter how small it is microsoft has
defined a touch language for windows 8
consisting of seven touch actions
all of this can be achieved naturally
with less effort and higher precision
with Toby's gaze technology
the result is a user experience that is
natural efficient and really cool