Temporal Control In the EyeHarp Gaze-Controlled Musical Interface

Zacharias Vamvakousis, and Rafael Ramirez

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2012
• Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Keywords: Eye-tracking systems, music interfaces, gaze interaction
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178443 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

In this paper we describe the EyeHarp, a new gaze-controlled musical instrument, and the new features we recently added to its design. In particular, we report on the EyeHarp new controls, the arpeggiator, the new remote eye-tracking device, and the EyeHarp capacity to act as a MIDI controller for any VST plugin virtual instrument. We conducted an evaluation of the EyeHarp Temporal accuracy by monitor-ing 10 users while performing a melody task, and comparing their gaze control accuracy with their accuracy using a com-puter keyboard. We report on the results of the evaluation.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Vamvakousis2012,
 abstract = {In this paper we describe the EyeHarp, a new gaze-controlled musical instrument, and the new features we recently added to its design. In particular, we report on the EyeHarp new controls, the arpeggiator, the new remote eye-tracking device, and the EyeHarp capacity to act as a MIDI controller for any VST plugin virtual instrument. We conducted an evaluation of the EyeHarp Temporal accuracy by monitor-ing 10 users while performing a melody task, and comparing their gaze control accuracy with their accuracy using a com-puter keyboard. We report on the results of the evaluation.},
 address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan},
 author = {Zacharias Vamvakousis and Rafael Ramirez},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178443},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Eye-tracking systems, music interfaces, gaze interaction},
 publisher = {University of Michigan},
 title = {Temporal Control In the EyeHarp Gaze-Controlled Musical Interface},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2012/nime2012_215.pdf},
 year = {2012}
}