Technology

Playing Pong with Nothing But Your Eyes

  • March 29, 201012:08 pm PDT
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Undergraduates at Imperial College London created a system that allows people to control a simple video game with their eyes alone. Video after the jump.

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We've had eye tracking technology for a while, but this research is promising because the team used a mass market camera that costs only $37. That means developing these sorts of controls for people who are paralyzed or can't use their limbs for other reasons can plummet in cost. And while pong is fun, a system like this can also help disabled people read, communicate, and work more easily.