SMI and BIOPAC Connect Mobile Eye Tracking and Biosignals

SMI and BIOPAC Connect Mobile Eye Tracking and Biosignals

BERLIN and GOLETA, California, October 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

    At the HFES conference, BIOPAC and SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) announce a mobile
plug and play integration of physiological signals and eye tracking data captured during
interactive real-world tasks

    BIOPAC and SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) [http://www.smivision.com ] present a mobile
plug and play integration of their established wearable solutions for eye tracking and
physiological data registration. It allows researchers to synchronize gaze behavior
captured with SMI Eye Tracking Glasses 2w [http://www.eyetracking-glasses.com ] and
physiological signals recorded with the BIOPAC Nomadix wireless logger. The fully mobile
co-registration allows researchers to analyze e.g. stress levels, emotional engagement and
muscle activation during interactive real-world tasks. Both companies will demo the new
possibilities for fields such as man-machine interaction in the work place,
decision-making at the POS and hand-eye coordination in behavioral psychology at the SMI
and BIOPAC booth at this week`s HFES 2015 conference (Los Angeles, CA, USA, October 26- 30,
2015).

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    SMI's and BIOPAC's lightweight, wireless, wearable hardware solutions are the
foundation for accurate synchronization with no compromise of mobility. The integration
combines the data output of SMI Eye Tracking Glasses 2w (ETG2w) and the BIOPAC Nomadix
wireless logger in the analysis software AcqKnowledge. Synchronized direct gaze videos,
raw eye tracking data and physiological data streams such as EMG, heart rate and skin
conductance can be analyzed comprehensively with supporting visualizations. Based on eye
tracking and physiological data, interest periods can be defined and selectively
evaluated. Real-time clocks are utilized by the integration to accurately synchronize the
data streams.

    Wearable SMI Eye Tracking Glasses 2w come with a lightweight smart recorder based on a
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 which enables participants to move naturally while performing
interactive tasks. The recorder supports wireless data access for fully mobile
co-registration. With dedicated modules, the ETG2w also allows for synchronization in VR
environments.

    The mobile SMI/BIOPAC integration adds to the range of capabilities of SMI Eye
Tracking Connected
[http://www.smivision.com/en/gaze-and-eye-tracking-systems/products/smi-eye-tracking-connected.html ]
. Via dedicated protocols, plug-ins and other options, SMI Eye Tracking can
easily be combined with leading partner solutions in fields ranging from multimodal
cognition research to virtual reality.

    Prof. Thierry Baccino, Universite de Paris VIII, Lutin Userlab: "Being able to combine
SMI Eye Tracking Glasses and BIOPAC physiological data measurements provides access to
complete subject response data. In my research we recorded pupil diameter and
electrodermal activity during a simulated driving task, and the study shows that pupil
diameter signal has good discriminating power for stress detection."

    Frazer Findlay, CEO, BIOPAC Systems, Inc.: "We are glad to extend the proven
SMI/BIOPAC integration to interactive mobile scenarios. There are many daily research
scenarios which can benefit from this integrative co-registration and easy joint
analysis."

    Arnd Rose, Product Manager, SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI): "Thanks to the great
collaboration with the BIOPAC team, we could realize another valuable integration for our
SMI Eye Tracking Glasses. The easy real-time data access of our system allows researchers
to combine eye tracking with a broad range of data such as biosignals as well as motion
tracking and automotive data for more complete insights in mobile scenarios."

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    About BIOPAC 

    BIOPAC (http://www.biopac.com) systems inspire people and enable discovery by
providing researchers the ability to measure physiology anywhere, anytime, on any subject
through innovative, compatible hardware and software systems that can be used by anyone
for meaningful discovery. BIOPAC makes high-quality scientific tools for physiology
measurement and interpretation with superior compatibility, backed world-class customer
service and support.  

    About SMI 

    SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) is a world leader in eye tracking technology,
developing and marketing eye & gaze tracking solutions 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 ].

       
         
        Media Contacts 
        SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH (SMI) 
        Stefanie Gehrke 
        +49-(0)-172-3808-537 
        Stefanie.Gehrke@smi.de 

     

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