New Smart Recorder Connects SMI's Eye Tracking Glasses to Daily Life Scenarios
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Posted on September 16, 2015 at 8:49:01 AM
New Smart Recorder Connects SMI's Eye Tracking Glasses to Daily Life Scenarios
SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) introduces a highly mobile eye tracking tool for real-world research routines and connects eye gaze with EEG, motion tracking and other sensors
TELTOW, Germany, September 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
SensoMotoric Instruments [http://www.smivision.com/en.html ] (SMI) today introduces a
new smart recorder for SMI's leading Eye Tracking Glasses (ETG)
[http://www.eyetracking-glasses.com ]. The lightweight device based on a Samsung Galaxy
Note 4 adds more freedom of movement and mobile connectivity options to daily life
research and application scenarios. It captures eye gaze data of consumers, athletes,
patients and other users allowing them to naturally perform their tasks at hand. With its
live trigger support, the smart recorder allows for easy synchronization of visual
attention with biometrics, motion tracking and other external data streams with no
compromise on mobility. The wireless SDK for online data access also makes SMI's Eye
Tracking Glasses the perfect eye tracking platform for custom, multi-sensor applications.
    (Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150916/267133 )
SMI Eye Tracking Glasses are designed to capture a person's gaze in a natural
environment, e.g. in a supermarket, at a work place or in other daily life scenarios. Via
wireless control from a remote computer, operators can observe live gaze traces in a scene
video and add live annotations on a user's behaviour. Now, the slim and lightweight ETG
smart recorder with a local user interface and full wireless data access makes mobile eye
tracking even easier to implement in stand-alone as well as in multi-sensor scenarios.
As the research on emotional and cognitive engagement of consumers, users or trainees
is moving into real-world scenarios, researchers seek to integrate various sensors into
multimodal scenarios. With the mobile connectivity of the ETG smart recorder, they can
even better use SMI's Eye Tracking Glasses in combination with EEG, GSR, NIRS, heart rate
or others in mobile settings. The same applies to sports scientists seeking to analyze eye
and body movements in order to understand athletes' performance. Also, mobile gaze and
motion data helps medical professionals to advance behavioral and neurological diagnosis
and rehabilitation.
Developers can easily access SMI's enhanced wearable eye tracking platform and
integrate mobile eye tracking data in custom applications and sensor networks via the SMI
SDK. SMI's wireless SDK feeds a real-time stream of gaze, pupil data and eye tracking
video into connected applications. Wireless logging of incoming trigger messages supports
synchronization with events in other data streams. To facilitate synchronization, SMI
plug-ins are available for standard communication protocols such as Lab Streaming Layer or
VRPN. The SMI ETG also supports multisensory research with specific application modules.
Sascha Tamm und Aleksander Heider, Free University of Berlin: "We used SMI Eye
Tracking Glasses with the new smart recorder to analyze visual planning strategies of
talents from the Alba Berlin basketball youth team. In a team training scenario, the point
guard could naturally handle the ball though wearing the eye tracking equipment. And we
could even follow the live gaze trails of the player remotely via a wireless connection."
Achim Wager, Project Coordinator AICASys at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg:
"The AICASys project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has
the goal of developing an intuitive control system for smart building automation. The
system uses SMI Eye Tracking Glasses to capture the natural gaze behavior of people in an
intelligent home environment. The new ETG smart recorder connects the eye tracker to our
control system and enables users to steer electronic devices in their surroundings just
using the eyes. The technical concept may also benefit similar applications in industry,
traffic and medical applications."
Magnus Berlander, CTO at Qualisys: "We decided to add eye tracking data to our motion
capture software, Qualisys Track Manager, because it allows our customers to gain a better
understanding of the interplay of visual information input, human motion, cognitive skills
and learning. The available motion tracking interface of SMI Eye Tracking Glasses
facilitated the integration and enabled us to come up with a plug&play solution easy to
use even for non-technical users."
Dr. Arnd Rose, Product Manager, SensoMotoric Instruments: "Multisensory research was
often tied to the lab or other settings involving bulky equipment. The new smart recorder
for the widely used SMI Eye Tracking Glasses brings the approach to real-world and mobile
settings. The ETG system is in fact a common pair of glasses with a smartphone. Due to
this form factor it does not interfere with everyday tasks and offers endless
possibilities to our professional and academic research customers and developers."
SMI's leading wearable eye tracking technology is being used by leading innovators,
such as Google, Samsung and Intel and renowned institutions, e.g. University of California
at Berkeley, Max Planck Institute and Perception Research Services. The SDK has been
proven with custom integrations by leading industry partners such as WorldViz and Qualisys,
and by scientific labs such as the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence.
About SMIÂ
SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) is a world leader in eye tracking technology,
developing and marketing eye & gaze tracking for scientists and professionals, OEM and
medical solutions for a wide range of applications. Find out more at
http://www.smivision.com. Follow @SMIeyetracking on Facebook
[https://www.facebook.com/smieyetracking ], Flickr
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/smieyetracking ], YouTube
[https://www.youtube.com/user/smieyetracking ] and Twitter
[https://twitter.com/SMIEyeTracking ].
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Media ContactsÂ
SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH (SMI)Â
Stefanie GehrkeÂ
+49-(0)-172-3808-537Â
Stefanie.Gehrke@smi.deÂ
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SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH (SMI)
SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) introduces a highly mobile eye tracking tool for real-world research routines and connects eye gaze with EEG, motion tracking and other sensors
TELTOW, Germany, September 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
SensoMotoric Instruments [http://www.smivision.com/en.html ] (SMI) today introduces a
new smart recorder for SMI's leading Eye Tracking Glasses (ETG)
[http://www.eyetracking-glasses.com ]. The lightweight device based on a Samsung Galaxy
Note 4 adds more freedom of movement and mobile connectivity options to daily life
research and application scenarios. It captures eye gaze data of consumers, athletes,
patients and other users allowing them to naturally perform their tasks at hand. With its
live trigger support, the smart recorder allows for easy synchronization of visual
attention with biometrics, motion tracking and other external data streams with no
compromise on mobility. The wireless SDK for online data access also makes SMI's Eye
Tracking Glasses the perfect eye tracking platform for custom, multi-sensor applications.
    (Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150916/267133 )
SMI Eye Tracking Glasses are designed to capture a person's gaze in a natural
environment, e.g. in a supermarket, at a work place or in other daily life scenarios. Via
wireless control from a remote computer, operators can observe live gaze traces in a scene
video and add live annotations on a user's behaviour. Now, the slim and lightweight ETG
smart recorder with a local user interface and full wireless data access makes mobile eye
tracking even easier to implement in stand-alone as well as in multi-sensor scenarios.
As the research on emotional and cognitive engagement of consumers, users or trainees
is moving into real-world scenarios, researchers seek to integrate various sensors into
multimodal scenarios. With the mobile connectivity of the ETG smart recorder, they can
even better use SMI's Eye Tracking Glasses in combination with EEG, GSR, NIRS, heart rate
or others in mobile settings. The same applies to sports scientists seeking to analyze eye
and body movements in order to understand athletes' performance. Also, mobile gaze and
motion data helps medical professionals to advance behavioral and neurological diagnosis
and rehabilitation.
Developers can easily access SMI's enhanced wearable eye tracking platform and
integrate mobile eye tracking data in custom applications and sensor networks via the SMI
SDK. SMI's wireless SDK feeds a real-time stream of gaze, pupil data and eye tracking
video into connected applications. Wireless logging of incoming trigger messages supports
synchronization with events in other data streams. To facilitate synchronization, SMI
plug-ins are available for standard communication protocols such as Lab Streaming Layer or
VRPN. The SMI ETG also supports multisensory research with specific application modules.
Sascha Tamm und Aleksander Heider, Free University of Berlin: "We used SMI Eye
Tracking Glasses with the new smart recorder to analyze visual planning strategies of
talents from the Alba Berlin basketball youth team. In a team training scenario, the point
guard could naturally handle the ball though wearing the eye tracking equipment. And we
could even follow the live gaze trails of the player remotely via a wireless connection."
Achim Wager, Project Coordinator AICASys at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg:
"The AICASys project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has
the goal of developing an intuitive control system for smart building automation. The
system uses SMI Eye Tracking Glasses to capture the natural gaze behavior of people in an
intelligent home environment. The new ETG smart recorder connects the eye tracker to our
control system and enables users to steer electronic devices in their surroundings just
using the eyes. The technical concept may also benefit similar applications in industry,
traffic and medical applications."
Magnus Berlander, CTO at Qualisys: "We decided to add eye tracking data to our motion
capture software, Qualisys Track Manager, because it allows our customers to gain a better
understanding of the interplay of visual information input, human motion, cognitive skills
and learning. The available motion tracking interface of SMI Eye Tracking Glasses
facilitated the integration and enabled us to come up with a plug&play solution easy to
use even for non-technical users."
Dr. Arnd Rose, Product Manager, SensoMotoric Instruments: "Multisensory research was
often tied to the lab or other settings involving bulky equipment. The new smart recorder
for the widely used SMI Eye Tracking Glasses brings the approach to real-world and mobile
settings. The ETG system is in fact a common pair of glasses with a smartphone. Due to
this form factor it does not interfere with everyday tasks and offers endless
possibilities to our professional and academic research customers and developers."
SMI's leading wearable eye tracking technology is being used by leading innovators,
such as Google, Samsung and Intel and renowned institutions, e.g. University of California
at Berkeley, Max Planck Institute and Perception Research Services. The SDK has been
proven with custom integrations by leading industry partners such as WorldViz and Qualisys,
and by scientific labs such as the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence.
About SMIÂ
SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) is a world leader in eye tracking technology,
developing and marketing eye & gaze tracking for scientists and professionals, OEM and
medical solutions for a wide range of applications. Find out more at
http://www.smivision.com. Follow @SMIeyetracking on Facebook
[https://www.facebook.com/smieyetracking ], Flickr
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/smieyetracking ], YouTube
[https://www.youtube.com/user/smieyetracking ] and Twitter
[https://twitter.com/SMIEyeTracking ].
Â
Media ContactsÂ
SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH (SMI)Â
Stefanie GehrkeÂ
+49-(0)-172-3808-537Â
Stefanie.Gehrke@smi.deÂ
Â
Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150916/267133
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Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150916/267133
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SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH (SMI)