ZERO: A Generic Open-Source Extended Reality Eye-Tracking Controller Interface for Scientists

Benedikt W. Hosp, Enkelejda Kasneci, Siegfried Wahl

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Abstract

Virtual reality and eye-tracking technologies are nowadays standard research tools. A growing number of researchers from different disciplines are utilizing these technologies. Currently, access to eye-tracking hardware in virtual reality glasses is usually provided as APIs to call functions of the eye-tracking device. Proper implementation is device-specific and left to the user. Especially non-computer scientists are left alone with this problem, which impedes eye-tracking research in virtual reality for many scientists. This paper describes a generic open-source interface for everyone to efficiently and easily utilize common eye trackers in virtual reality. The interface is published under a friendly CC BY 4.0 license that allows for integration, modification, and extension of the code. It includes a standardized interface for several eye-tracking devices in virtual reality, is ready to be used out of the box, and allows easy addition of APIs from other manufacturers. The code is available at https://bitbucket.org/benediktwhosp/zvsl-zero

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - ETRA 2023
Subtitle of host publicationACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications
EditorsStephen N. Spencer
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9798400701504
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 May 2023
Event15th Annual ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, ETRA 2023 - Tubingen, Germany
Duration: 30 May 20232 Jun 2023

Publication series

NameEye Tracking Research and Applications Symposium (ETRA)

Conference

Conference15th Annual ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, ETRA 2023
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityTubingen
Period30/05/232/06/23

Keywords

  • datasets
  • gaze detection
  • neural networks
  • text tagging

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