{"id":173,"date":"2023-09-22T22:26:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T22:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/f23-teamb6\/?p=173"},"modified":"2023-10-25T18:43:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T18:43:11","slug":"sanjanas-status-report-for-9-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/f23-teamb6\/2023\/09\/22\/sanjanas-status-report-for-9-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanjana’s Status Report for 9\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, I researched platforms for hosting our UI and looked into Tobii Eye Tracker 5 integration and setup.<\/p>\n

We intended to use the Tobii Eye Tracker 5 Camera for eye tracking on a digital page, however I discovered some issues that may arise with integration. This eye tracker model isn’t compatible with MacOS, which is my development OS. I looked into 4 other solutions:<\/p>\n

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  1. Tobii Pro SDK<\/a> can give us raw data and is mac compatible, but is incompatible with the Tobii eye tracker 5. All compatible devices aren’t in budget.<\/li>\n
  2. The iPad true depth camera. I found an open source<\/a> project that investigated eye tracking using the TrueDepth camera on an iPhone X. This will be challenging because I don’t have experience with Swift programming, and we are limited by tablets that already have a TrueDepth camera. This eye tracking may not be robust enough for our intended use, however, this solution remains accessible to musicians who can’t operate a foot pedal during performances.<\/li>\n
  3. We can pivot to face tracking rather than eye tracking. Now, several open source APIs become available, and I can build out a real-time iOS app in Swift. The potential problem with this approach is that users will have to use their head to turn the page, which could result in a loss of focus. However, this solution maintains accessibility.<\/li>\n
  4. The eye tracking community recommends Talon Voice’s<\/a> software support for MacOS development. Here, there is good support for eye tracking, and head tracking is used to further refine miscalculations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Regarding the UI, there are a couple of options: native iPad apps, or building and deploying a web application on a tablet. Mobile\/native apps can provide benefits such as being faster and more efficient, which could have a huge impact on our real time system. Ultimately, this decision rests on which platform we collect eye data from.<\/p>\n

    Progress is on track as of now. For next week, I hope to finalize the tech stack and parts list I’ll be using and begin implementation of the UI.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This week, I researched platforms for hosting our UI and looked into Tobii Eye Tracker 5 integration and setup. We intended to use the Tobii Eye Tracker 5 Camera for eye tracking on a digital page, however I discovered some issues that may arise with integration. This eye tracker model isn’t compatible with MacOS, which … <\/p>\n

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