Tobii, Fujitsu and NTT DoCoMo partner on eye tracking ibeam tablet, promise a peek in October:
Tobii's eye tracking
Gaze UI hasn't been especially portable so far, but we'll soon see that change through a new collaboration involving
Fujitsu and
NTT DoCoMo. The trio plan to reveal the ibeam, an Android tablet with Tobii's smaller IS20 (formerly
the IS-2) detector taking input just through glances. Together, the partners want to show that an
eye-driven interface can be more reactive than plain old
multi-touch: think turning a page in an e-book while you're holding on to a subway car strap. We're only getting a brief preview as of today, but we're teased with the prospect of a full look at NTT DoCoMo's
CEATEC booth in early October. Whether or not ibeam leads to more than a well-that's-nice prototype, though, is still up in the air.
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