Eye Tracking Software (Part 2)

Hooray! First Eye Tracking Test a Success

Using the open source Ogama and Eyetracker (via source code) I was able to capture and analyze eye and mouse movements. I accomplished this using the webcam built into my laptop. I have learned that the calibration is very sensitive and a better IR camera would help immensely. I choose to quickly analyze a Facebook group page of a friend of mine. Once I figure out the best conditions and settings I will let you know.

Heat Map

The heatmap displays fixations in terms of hot and cold. I can see from this heat map that my accuracy was low.

Saliency Map

The saliency can be captured without the camera. It captures the the state or quality by which an object, person or pixel stands out relative to its neighbours.

Attention Map

The attention map draws out the path that my eyes followed and the level of fixation they had a long the way.

Synergy Rocks!

I just installed the latest version of Synergy. Like many individuals, I work day to day on multiple computers and types of computers. At home, I frequently use my Mac Book Pro and my work PC laptop Simultaneously. The office desk and kitchen table can get cluttered up quickly.

I have always used Synergy at the office for connecting to multiple PCs and sharing a keyboard and mouse, but I never tried it at home. Setup was pretty simple and I was rocking with one mouse across two different laptops.

Setup Instructions

1. Download Synergy+ to the machines you want to connect to a single keyboard and mouse(you can link as many as you want).
2. Setup the Server on the machine whose mouse and keyboard you would like to share
3. Configure the Synergy client to point to the computer(Server) whose keyboard and mouse you would like to share. You just have to enter the computer name or IP

Features and notes

• You can create profiles so you can have configurations for multiple locations.
• You can configure any combination: left, right, above, below, across and back around again
• I have been testing the beta version. It has been a little flaky on keeping the connection, but I am sure they will work it out.