DualGaze: Addressing the Midas Touch Problem in Gaze Mediated VR Interaction

Pallavi Mohan; Wooi Boon Goh; Chi Wing Fu; Sai Kit Yeung

doi:10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct.2018.00039

DualGaze: Addressing the Midas Touch Problem in Gaze Mediated VR Interaction

Pallavi Mohan, Wooi Boon Goh, Chi Wing Fu, Sai Kit Yeung

Division of Integrative Systems and Design

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Abstract

With the increasing acceptance of eye tracking as a viable interaction method for Virtual Reality (VR) headsets, thoughtful gaze interaction methods need to be carefully designed to meet common challenges such as the Midas Touch problem, where users unintentionally select onscreen objects by gazing upon them. This paper presents DualGaze, a novel interaction method in which users perform a distinctive two-step gaze gesture for object selection. Once users gaze upon an object that they wish to select, a confirmation flag pops up next to the object at a location where the users' gaze just passed through. This trajectory-adaptive flag placement strategy reduces the chance of unintentional confirmation by requiring a returning gaze back to the flag. We conducted a user study to compare the accuracy and selection speed of DualGaze and the popular gaze fixation method on a simple gaze-typing task. Our results show that DualGaze is significantly more accurate while maintaining a comparable selection speed that was observed to improve with familiarity of use.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Adjunct Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	79-84
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538675922
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct.2018.00039
Publication status	Published - 2 Jul 2018
Event	17th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2018 - Munich, Germany Duration: 16 Oct 2018 → 20 Oct 2018

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Name	Adjunct Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2018

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Conference	17th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2018
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	16/10/18 → 20/10/18

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Keywords

Midas touch
eye tracking
gaze interaction
interaction methods
virtual reality

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Mohan, P., Goh, W. B., Fu, C. W., & Yeung, S. K. (2018). DualGaze: Addressing the Midas Touch Problem in Gaze Mediated VR Interaction. In Adjunct Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2018 (pp. 79-84). Article 8699248 (Adjunct Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct.2018.00039

Mohan, Pallavi ; Goh, Wooi Boon ; Fu, Chi Wing et al. / DualGaze : Addressing the Midas Touch Problem in Gaze Mediated VR Interaction. Adjunct Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. pp. 79-84 (Adjunct Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2018).

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Mohan P, Goh WB, Fu CW, Yeung SK. DualGaze: Addressing the Midas Touch Problem in Gaze Mediated VR Interaction. In Adjunct Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2018. p. 79-84. 8699248. (Adjunct Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2018). doi: 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct.2018.00039

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