Computer Vision Methods
Gaze tracking (or eye-tracking) is a technology that detects and analyzes where a person is looking by tracking eye movements, gaze direction, and fixation points. It typically uses computer vision and infrared cameras to monitor the position of the eyes and determine the user’s focus.
In our project, gaze tracking plays a crucial role in several ways:
- It allows the application to detect whether the user is actively looking at the screen and, if so, whether they are focusing on relevant areas. This helps determine if the user is staying engaged or getting distracted.
- If the user looks away from the screen—such as when checking their phone—the gaze tracker will no longer receive a visual feed to process. This data is then analyzed alongside pose estimation and object detection systems to assess whether the user is distracted.
This project uses the GazeCloud API, the documentation for which can be found here