London, Oct 26 (ANI): A Danish company hopes to clinch deals with major mobile phone and tablet makers after developing a software that enables users to control their devices by just moving their eyes.
The software uses infrared light reflected from the pupil of the eye, which is recorded by the device's camera, enabling users to scroll or click on their screens with their eyes, the Daily Mail reported.
"You can use it for basic control, such as turning to the next page in an e-book, and playing games with your eyes," chief executive and co-founder of The Eye Tribe, Sune Alstrup Johansen, said.
It can work with existing tablets and smartphones that have a front facing camera, and is set to be made available to developers next year so they can use it in apps for free.
However, current users need an addon infrared camera, but the team behind the project hope this could be built into future generations.
When you are reading an e-book and get to the bottom of the page, the software will know to turn to the next page, or if you look away from the screen it will dim it.
The Eye Tribe is made up of four PhD students who founded the company a year ago.
They received 800,000 dollars in funding in August to develop the technology.
Johansen said Eye Tribe aims to get their software integrated in the hardware of big tablet producers, so consumers can buy a tablet with the software and then download apps that run with the eye control technology.
The Eye Tribe aims to earn money from licensing fees from companies producing the hardware or platforms, such as Apple, Samsung, Google or Microsoft.
Cameras on current mobile devices still need to be connected to a small unit with an infrared camera to work with the software, but Alstrup Johansen said next-generation devices would very likely be able to use the software. (ANI)
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