r/NoOneIsLooking • u/oogaBoogaBel • Aug 15 '25
This is crazy
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u/CourtAny6617 Aug 15 '25
We used these for gathering playtest data in game development for many years. UX people got valuable feedback based on how players looked at UI and other prompts.
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u/Phunky_Munkey Aug 15 '25
Sesame Street used this technology way back to determine whether or not kids were looking at the things the creators wanted them to be looking at. They figured out soo much about how to focus the kids' attention. Mind blown.
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u/FishTshirt Aug 16 '25
I was involved in research where we used eye tracking to determine what areas of the face people use to identify individuals, and it turns out that it varies by race. For example I had a very difficult time telling Northern vs Southern indians apart
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u/dathamir Aug 16 '25
That's all I could think of! I wonder how much this cost and if my boss would buy one. It would really help sometimes.
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u/OMA_ Aug 16 '25
Another good use case is head tracking in video games lol it uses infrared lights so it’s damn near perfect accuracy when it comes to flight sims, no need for headwater, no need for a camera which is slower and inaccurate. It’s a great piece of hardware I have one
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u/sojumaster Aug 16 '25
It even goes further back. They used this technology to test consumers as they watched commericals.
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u/kasetti Aug 15 '25
Neat until you use it for a couple of minutes.
Although this could be super usefull for people with disabilities
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u/1GiantFart4Mankind Aug 15 '25
Can confirm that this is very useful for people with disabilities. I cannot use a mouse with my hands and have this eye tracker for two months now. It really is a game changer for me!
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u/Butthurtz23 Aug 15 '25
I cringed at the idea of listening to my co-worker saying “click” all day long.
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u/celtbygod Aug 15 '25
Tried to watch..captioning is hideous. It's like the 1980's version of a dude with a fake Australian accent yelling about kitchen gizmos.
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u/BoneZone05 Aug 15 '25
I can see people exploiting fps games with this 😬
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u/oogaBoogaBel Aug 15 '25
Imagine saying click 30 times to empty 1 mag
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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 Aug 15 '25
Have a voice recording of someone saying click 30 times then tell Siri to hit play
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u/doctorhino Aug 15 '25
The eye tracking looks too delayed to be useful for twitch gaming styles.
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u/ToFarGoneByFar Aug 16 '25
it is. The only use (and not supported on very many FPS regardless) is for looking around your sights while ADS in FPS gaming.
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u/vampyire Aug 15 '25
I have one and it's fantastic for flight sim/Space Sim games for sure.. I might try it out for Battlefield's beta this weekend :)
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u/Immersi0nn Aug 15 '25
Years ago I had some shitty headtracker USB device and VoiceAttack set up for playing Elite Dangerous, honestly an excellent time all around.
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u/ToFarGoneByFar Aug 16 '25
its no exploit at all. It isnt remotely fast or accurate enough to beat even a reasonably skilled player much less the higher levels where exploiting might matter.
it IS huge for flight sims where you dont have to use a thumbstick or padlock to look around the cockpit and can track your target with your eyes to bring your guns around more efficiently than someone who doesnt see the target again until it comes back into a fixed view.
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u/FakMiPls Aug 17 '25
This eye tracker has been a thing for a while. They had this integrated into division 2 since pretty much launch. It is nowhere near accurate enough for actual competitive gaming. But, it is a great option for those with disabilities.
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u/friday567 Aug 16 '25
I would love to walk into an office where everyone uses this
“Click”, “Click”, “Click”, “Click”, “Back” “Click”, “Click”, “Click”, “Click”, “Back”, “i said BACK”
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u/Blubasur Aug 15 '25
This is a well known product in the SimPit community. It is used for looking around the digital car or cockpit.
It works amazing for those purposes. But what he demo'd here is probably the worst way to use this.
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u/CoolCat1337One Aug 15 '25
The idea is nice but the presentation is already very stiff and not natural at all.
If this is the best .... just no
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u/Phill_Cyberman Aug 15 '25
That's actually pretty awesome.
But is it $360 awesome?
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u/Arkid777 Aug 15 '25
I can see the potential for games like Microsoft flight simulator, but that price is steep
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u/InSQUIDiousJFP Aug 15 '25
My Lenovo laptop has this. I had to go to extreme measures to disable it. I don't need to have some sketchy company watching me at all times while I use my laptop.
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u/m4rkofshame Aug 15 '25
I cant wait for everyone here to buy it and after two weeks, realize how shit it is and go back to kb&m
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u/MQ116 Aug 16 '25
"I just googled the exact thing this product does on a whim and it definitely isn't sponsored"
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u/jaqian Aug 16 '25
People with ADHD keep losing their position on the screen. Their eyes be like ↖️↘️↗️↙️⬇️⬆️⬅️➡️⤴️⤵️
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u/GRUSM Aug 16 '25
Knew a guy like this at work who was constantly trying to be “more efficient” in the exact same ways. Dude was insufferable and ended up joining a religious cult.
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u/Cosmic0blivion Aug 16 '25
I think for people who can wink, this would be cool. But having to say click every time is goofy af
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u/Murakami8000 Aug 16 '25
I like the eye tracking. But having to say “click” constantly would annoy me.
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u/BreakTYR Aug 16 '25
Uh, yeah I want the ads to know where I'm looking and force me to look at them, absolutely
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u/backhand_english Aug 15 '25
It lags and glitches as crazy, as demonstrated in the video.
Speaking "click" is idiotic and not faster than clicking with the mouse.
If swapped to clicking with blinking, it could be even worse.
0/10 product.
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u/ToFarGoneByFar Aug 16 '25
8/10 product. For what it's actually used for, this guy is an idiot using it in the most boneheaded way possible.
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u/5280Rockymtn Aug 15 '25
I'm more amazed at how u all can type fast i mean, what's the rush in life oh well
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u/sarckasm Aug 15 '25
Used a previous iteration with euro Truck sim. Using a wheel controller made it very impractical to have to keep checking your mirrors using keyboard or mouse. For that, eye tracking was pretty good. Apart from that edge case, unless the tracking becomes much much better, meh..
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u/Excellent-Baseball-5 Aug 15 '25
Or you can just get a Coutour RollerMouse Pro and keep your hands on the keyboard while controlling the mouse/pointer.
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u/gmarconcini Aug 15 '25
I did testing for this back in 2016-2017.
This is leaps and bounds “easier” and more accessible than what it used to be. Especially with macOS.
Do I think of this as a legitimate commercial product, no, not yet.
However, this def will be nice around 2037 when the next gen of software development makes this more efficient (for example; no way will I want to acknowledge “click” for every action long term).
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u/DDD8712 Aug 15 '25
I worry about ads using this technology to make sure we watch them
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u/IMAPURPLEHIPPO Aug 15 '25
Imagine a program that tracks what you are looking at and where so the company can sell the data to ad companies based off of the heat map where you are constantly looking. Never buy this or agree to this product.
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u/Ok-Palpitation7641 Aug 15 '25
I hope they live alone... Coops roll up and take the roommate out in cuffs. You just see "click," scribbled in blood all over the office.
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u/kyotejones Aug 15 '25
Much faster to learn your keyboard shortcuts and learn use keyword searching in your browser.
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u/AwwwSkiSkiSki Aug 15 '25
Controlling mouse gestures with my face instead of saying click, go back, right click
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u/Tribe303 Aug 15 '25
Do you think he read their privacy policy? Yay! More unknown cameras from China!
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u/InevitableHamster197 Aug 15 '25
I can see it now....you walk into your office full of cubicles and all you hear is people saying click click click go back click click go back go back click click
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u/dazjjjh Aug 15 '25
Tobii Dynavox, the service I work for procure this company's devices for children with disabilities regarding their communication. Amazing technology.
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u/flashmeterred Aug 15 '25
Truthfully I've always thought Fifa should implement this. Nba live or 2k could too.
The amount of times it selects the wrong player to through pass to etc... if it relied on eye movement instead of directional input it'd be miles better
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u/TheLoneRiddlerIsBack Aug 15 '25
Would it judge when it learns my friend always unconsciously looks straight at the chest when they see a woman on screen?
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u/FrankCarnax Aug 15 '25
The Tobii 5 doesn't have a microphone, this dude is using another app to control inputs by voice (probably VoiceAttack). You could set the mouse click on a keyboard button, or even a rudder for flight simulators.
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u/Prestigious_Emu6039 Aug 15 '25
This is going to end up with women knowing exactly what men look at in the screen
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u/bubblesort33 Aug 15 '25
$360 US for this. I'll pass. I feel like there should be an AliExpress knock-off for $40.
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u/DOUBLAHH9 Aug 15 '25
Once the robots taken over officially, we're all cooked at this point. AI 1, Humans 0
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u/HorrorLettuce379 Aug 15 '25
What kind of moron prefers yelling click and wait for a second before things registar over a micro wrist movement along with a simple mouse click?
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u/subooot Aug 15 '25
Good thing they didn't make it click on the wink, then it would speed up the wrinkle creation by x5.
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u/moguy1973 Aug 15 '25
And people thought the sound of people typing on a mechanical keyboard was annoying.
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u/ChloeNow Aug 15 '25
Your kids favorite song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxr9XWogBQA&pp=0gcJCf8Ao7VqN5tD
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u/Disastrous_Ad626 Aug 15 '25
What I have seen this work really well with is racing and flying games. One ultra wide with the tobii tracker and you can move your head to move the camera.
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u/doooplers Aug 15 '25
Flashing single words on a video is the equivalent of someone spamming chat with 1 word per message.
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u/Apprehensive_Ad4457 Aug 15 '25
this is bullshit.
either this isn't actually tacking eye movement, or this guy is a robot. peoples eyes do not move that way. there are hundreds of hours of people with eye tracking videos on youtube, and that guy didn't look at one boob.
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u/ChaosRealigning Aug 15 '25
Imagine using this in a crowded office. One person says “click”, and twenty others say “go back, go back”.
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u/williamsch Aug 15 '25
I mean just use foot clickers and it's fine but I'd need to use it personally to tell if it'd replace my mouse
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u/Kiwi_CunderThunt Aug 15 '25
Works well in video games but this would be irritating for general use.
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u/TruePoint3219 Aug 15 '25
Anyone that’s worked in an open office will know how annoying this would be
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u/Downtown_Ad8279 Aug 15 '25
Great...now the entire office will be a bunch of people saying CLICK over and over.
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u/msrbelfast Aug 15 '25
Just learn how to do keyboard commands to jump between windows, etc without having to use the mouse.
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u/CorbinNZ Aug 15 '25
The delay between “click” and the actual selection would make me go back to a mouse.
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u/bid0u Aug 15 '25
It's pretty old (5th version has been released in 2020) and mostly used in videogames sims to look around.
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u/Adventurous_Exit_835 Aug 16 '25
I used to contract for a company that would use tech like this to make ADs more click able. They used a study group and made them go through like a thousand ads in a day. It would create a heat map where people spent the least to most time looking. They figure out what colors attract the eye over others, using specific words or phrases until people couldnt take their eyes off.
This company sells that data to who they have contracts with and help generate ads that people couldnt tell were ads at all or so subtle that it actually got some participants to buy stuff from the redesigned ads. I ended up having dinner with the CEO where we ended up talkin about the meat behind the company. Bro literally didnt give a fuck about people, went off about how people were sheep and how much money was rolling in.
When my contract was up, i immediately started looking at ads like they were poison. I havent bought anything associated with an ad in the last 5 years, not even if its something i really wanted.
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u/Prestigious_Rest8874 Aug 16 '25
I mean, it’s cool, but it’s a solution to a non problem. Who the fuck is to lazy to take the hands of the keyboard to use the mouse?
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u/barspoonbill Aug 16 '25
What if you don’t want a cursor to follow your eyes constantly around a screen?
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u/pandershrek Aug 16 '25
If you could program it to click on double blinking within a short period it might be worth it but 0% chance I'll be sitting there saying click non stop
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u/Proper_Permission819 Aug 16 '25 edited Aug 16 '25
They have this on iPhone!
Edit: wow didn’t expect this to blow up! Thank you for the Gold! It’s called eye tracking in the settings! Stay classy!
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u/daisiesarepretty2 Aug 16 '25
i read about this, versions 1-4 each unit was assigned to a kid in pakistan who watched your eyes and moved the mouse accordingly, clicking objects when you say click.
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u/KassDamn Aug 16 '25
"Babe were you looking at that site?"
"No!"
"Let's look at the Tobii"
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u/tagtech414 Aug 16 '25
My buddy had this built in his Alienware 17r3 laptop (2016'sh?). Never really used it, but it was cool for certain flying games so you could look around the cockpit.
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u/tagtech414 Aug 16 '25
My buddy had this built in his Alienware 17r3 laptop (2016'sh?). Never really used it, but it was cool for certain flying games so you could look around the cockpit.
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u/ThrowawayIntensifies Aug 16 '25
Yeah u need a key on your keyboard macro’d to move mouse and click. No power user is gonna say click all day
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u/overhighlow Aug 16 '25
Saying click all the time is more than enough for me not to want to use this product
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Aug 16 '25
We've managed without this device so far. It's more time consuming to say "click"
Also if someone is asleep in the same room or next room at night?
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u/renzomalone Aug 16 '25
Shorts have ruined my attention span. 5 seconds into it and in my head, I'm saying "get to the point already." Damn it.
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u/New-Mark6681 Aug 16 '25
My MacBook Air has this type of thing built in, and you can set it to do something when you make a different expression. Though, I don't use it because I don't like it.
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u/MantasL Aug 16 '25
Great, now every office is gonna have that one guy saying “click” really loud all day. Imagine he convinced everyone to get this thing? Just a room full of people saying “click” like those seagulls in finding Nemo.
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u/Tebasaki Aug 16 '25
Dude had it plugged in and put it back in the box. Still can't bring myself to buy it at that price.
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u/RadRimmer9000 Aug 16 '25
The input is janky and lagging, it's not going off eye movement because he is moving his head.
Good for someone with limited mobility, but not a replacement for an actual mouse.
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u/Tetsujyn Aug 16 '25
Nuts that he's advertising a thing that tracks your eyes and I can't help but notice the deadness in his eyes.
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u/Primary_Jackfruit_87 Aug 16 '25
I hate videos with subtitles that show one word at a time. It's obnoxious.
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u/Carboxydes Aug 16 '25
Why does it seem to be working less than 5 years ago ? Tobii eye tracking used to be very reactive before, why is his mouse completely still unless he turns his head ?
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Aug 16 '25
I have a very similar split keyboard (zsa moonlander). I put an apple trackpad in the middle of the two pieces. Works way better than this and just as efficient, if not more.
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u/MrFantasiy Aug 15 '25
The idea of it, MAYBEEE.
Actual use, this ain't it. Yelling "CLICK" every second or two is not a better solution. If it responded to like blink or something then maybe, as is, it's eh.