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Main Authors: Saxena, Shreshth, Visram, Areez, Lobo, Neil, Mirza, Zahid, Khan, Mehak Rafi, Pirabaharan, Biranugan, Nguyen, Alexander, Fink, Lauren K.
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.06345
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author Saxena, Shreshth
Visram, Areez
Lobo, Neil
Mirza, Zahid
Khan, Mehak Rafi
Pirabaharan, Biranugan
Nguyen, Alexander
Fink, Lauren K.
author_facet Saxena, Shreshth
Visram, Areez
Lobo, Neil
Mirza, Zahid
Khan, Mehak Rafi
Pirabaharan, Biranugan
Nguyen, Alexander
Fink, Lauren K.
contents Eye movements provide a window into human behaviour, attention, and interaction dynamics. Challenges in real-world, multi-person environments have, however, restrained eye-tracking research predominantly to single-person, in-lab settings. We developed a system to stream, record, and analyse synchronised data from multiple mobile eye-tracking devices during collective viewing experiences (e.g., concerts, films, lectures). We implemented lightweight operator interfaces for real-time-monitoring, remote-troubleshooting, and gaze-projection from individual egocentric perspectives to a common coordinate space for shared gaze analysis. We tested the system in a live concert and a film screening with 30 simultaneous viewers during each of two public events (N=60). We observe precise time-synchronisation between devices measured through recorded clock-offsets, and accurate gaze-projection in challenging dynamic scenes. Our novel analysis metrics and visualizations illustrate the potential of collective eye-tracking data for understanding collaborative behaviour and social interaction. This advancement promotes ecological validity in eye-tracking research and paves the way for innovative interactive tools.
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spellingShingle SocialEyes: Scaling mobile eye-tracking to multi-person social settings
Saxena, Shreshth
Visram, Areez
Lobo, Neil
Mirza, Zahid
Khan, Mehak Rafi
Pirabaharan, Biranugan
Nguyen, Alexander
Fink, Lauren K.
Human-Computer Interaction
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Computers and Society
Emerging Technologies
I.4.8; J.4; J.5; C.4; D.2.10
Eye movements provide a window into human behaviour, attention, and interaction dynamics. Challenges in real-world, multi-person environments have, however, restrained eye-tracking research predominantly to single-person, in-lab settings. We developed a system to stream, record, and analyse synchronised data from multiple mobile eye-tracking devices during collective viewing experiences (e.g., concerts, films, lectures). We implemented lightweight operator interfaces for real-time-monitoring, remote-troubleshooting, and gaze-projection from individual egocentric perspectives to a common coordinate space for shared gaze analysis. We tested the system in a live concert and a film screening with 30 simultaneous viewers during each of two public events (N=60). We observe precise time-synchronisation between devices measured through recorded clock-offsets, and accurate gaze-projection in challenging dynamic scenes. Our novel analysis metrics and visualizations illustrate the potential of collective eye-tracking data for understanding collaborative behaviour and social interaction. This advancement promotes ecological validity in eye-tracking research and paves the way for innovative interactive tools.
title SocialEyes: Scaling mobile eye-tracking to multi-person social settings
topic Human-Computer Interaction
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Computers and Society
Emerging Technologies
I.4.8; J.4; J.5; C.4; D.2.10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.06345