Eye Movement Technology enables Disabled Gamer to play Pong
Disabled Players can now have the opportunity to play the 1972 arcade game pong with the use of their eye movement. This technology has been developed by students of Imperial College in London. The player needs to wear special glasses that uses infrared light which tracks the movement of the eye.
Eventually, this technology can be adapted to more advanced games and other applications.
“Remarkably, our undergraduates have created this piece of neurotechnology using bits of kit that you can buy in a shop, such as webcams,” said the students’ team supervisor Aldo Faisal. “The game that they’ve developed is quite simple, but we think it has enormous potential, particularly because it doesn’t need lots of expensive equipment.”
Faisal continues: “We hope to eventually make the technology available online so anyone can have a go at creating new applications and games with it and we’re optimistic about where this might lead.”
“We hope it could ultimately provide entertainment options for people who have very little movement. In the future, people might be able to blink to turn pages in an electronic book, or switch on their favourite song, with the roll of an eye.”
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