The EagleEyes Project is developing a new system for controlling the mouse pointer through eye movements. The Eye Tracker Mouse is a computer program that controls the mouse pointer based on readings from the commercially available Applied Science Laboratories (ASL) R6 eye tracker.

The ASL R6 measures eye movements using the pupil/ corneal reflection technique. The Eye Tracker Mouse currently is being tested in our Fulton Hall lab. The underlying hardware costs over $25,000 and was purchased through a grant from the Boston College Academic Technology Fund. Donald Green, former student, and founder and principal of Mekinesis, Inc., is overseeing the software development.

For more information, or to give the system a try, contact Prof. Gips (gips@bc.edu).