Evaluation of an Eye Tracking Selection Technique with Progressive Refinement

Abstract

We designed a novel eye tracking selection technique with progressive refinement - eye-controlled sphere-casting refined by quad-menu (EyeSQUAD) selection technique. Through a user study, we evaluated the performance of this technique with comparison of two previous selection techniques - ray-casting and SQUAD under different target size and distractor density scenarios. Results show that the EyeSQUAD technique can achieve similar selection speed as ray-casting and SQUAD and is more accurate than ray-casting although less precise than SQUAD. Finally, we summarized several insights for designing interaction techniques with eye tracking.