VRPursuits: Interaction in Virtual Reality using Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements
Mohamed Khamis, Carl Oechsner, Florian Alt, Andreas Bulling
Proc. International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI), pp. 1–8, 2018.
Abstract
Gaze-based interaction using smooth pursuit eye movements (Pursuits) is attractive given that it is intuitive and overcomes the Midas touch problem. At the same time, eye tracking is becoming increasingly popular for VR applications. While Pursuits was shown to be effective in several interaction contexts, it was never explored in-depth for VR before. In a user study (N=26), we investigated how parameters that are specific to VR settings influence the performance of Pursuits. We found that Pursuits is robust against different sizes of virtual 3D targets and sizes to them. However, Pursuits’ performance improves when the trajectory size is larger, particularly if the user is walking while interacting. While walking, selecting moving targets via Pursuits is generally feasible albeit less accurate than when stationary. Finally, we discuss the implications of these findings and the potential of smooth pursuits for interaction in VR by demonstrating two sample use cases: 1) gaze-based authentication in VR, and 2) a space meteors shooting game.Links
Paper: khamis18_avi.pdf
BibTeX
@inproceedings{khamis18_avi,
title = {VRPursuits: Interaction in Virtual Reality using Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements},
author = {Khamis, Mohamed and Oechsner, Carl and Alt, Florian and Bulling, Andreas},
year = {2018},
pages = {1--8},
booktitle = {Proc. International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI)},
doi = {10.1145/3206505.3206522}
}
