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About Us

EyeTech Digital Systems designs and develops eye tracking hardware and software. Since 1996, EyeTech has been expanding the eye tracking market by designing cost-effective and flexible systems. We provide both off-the-shelf eye tracking systems and a host of customized solutions. Our experienced engineering team will provide you with cutting-edge eye tracking technology.

Mission

We will expand eye tracking applications into the public arena to improve our customers’ quality of life. We strive to set the trends for superior technical innovation, exceed our customers’ expectations, and provide a positive work environment where innovation is encouraged, teamwork is a standard, and integrity is expected.

Latest Updates Ticker

May 15, 2012
Quick Glance 6.4.4.2

For our Ergonomics customers only. Software download for cursor control using eye tracking providing version 6.4 which is 32/64-bit compatible. EyeTech continues to improve and better your experiences with eye tracking with the following:

  • New installer 12.03.27.15
  • Restored live image in the settings for easier setup


Quick Link 2 Version 2.4.4.2 (Beta 2)

For Developers only. This is our newest eye tracking API providing version 2.4.4.2 . Some of the many changes so far:

  • New installer 12.05.15.18
  • Quick Glance and Quick Capture separated into their own installer per Research, Ergonomic, or AAC markets


Quick Capture 1.5 with Quick Glance 6.3

For our Research customers only. Software download for gaze data capture and export that includes these improvements:

  • Quick Capture separated into its own installer
  • New installer format 12.05.15.18
  • Fixes to driver installation issues
  • Fixes to ease installation and upgrades
  • Includes Quick Glance 6.3 for calibration and setup ease

May 4, 2012
Portable Eye Tracking Research Package at CHI 2012

Researchers are now able to conduct eye tracking studies either in the lab or on the go. EyeTech is pleased to announce the new EyeTech VT2 mini portable eye tracking research package, the smallest remote eye tracker available on the market and more powerful than ever. The EyeTech VT2 mini is currently available and will [...]

May 1, 2012
Eye Tracking Exhibit at AAM 2012

EyeTech Digital Systems will be showing off their latest Eye Tracking Technology Exhibit at Booth# 729 at the American Association of Museums 2012 Conference this week in Minneapolis. The device easily attaches to the bottom of both small and large displays/kiosks providing a fun and interactive hands free control experience for all ages.  The technology [...]

April 19, 2012
Winner of Alternative Mouse and Keyboard Contest

The winner of the $100 Amazon Gift Card for the “Best Alternative Mouse & Keyboard Contest” goes to John Toone. He had the the most interesting, funny and creative ways to control a mouse or keyboard. Our favorite was his creative “Ab Mouse” - you get an abdominal workout while mousing on the computer . It just [...]

March 13, 2012
Alternative Mouse and Keyboard Contest

How many alternative mice or keyboards have you purchased over your career? We attended the CHI 2011 conference in Vancouver and met Bill Buxton of Microsoft Research where he showed off hundreds of cool tech devices. Over the past 30 years Bill has assembed an amazing collection of computing devices. Visit http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/bibuxton/buxtoncollection/ to view dozens of alternative mice and [...]

March 12, 2012
Advancing the Science of Eye Tracking

EyeTech Digital Systems has been designing, manufacturing, and selling eye trackers for nearly 16 years now. As you can see from the image above the hardware has come a long way. One of the things that has set us apart is the speed and reliability of our image processing algorithms used to find eye features. [...]

February 14, 2012
Gamer Access Interview from CES 2012

“One of the companies we met at CES 2012, EyeTech Digital Systems, had a technology that was easily able to be related to gaming and that was eye-tracking.” (The Gamer Access)

February 9, 2012
Eye Tracking Technology CES 2012 Summary

Will the mouse and keyboard be replaced by Eye and Gesture Technology?

January 30, 2012
Quick Link 2 Version 2.4.4.2 (Beta)

For Developers only. This is our newest eye tracking API providing version 2.4.4.2 . Some of the many changes so far:

  • New installer 12.01.30.15
  • New driver installer 12.01.30.15
  • New driver install location
  • Hardware compatibility updates
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Dwell-clicking fixed in Quick Glance 6.4.4.2


Quick Glance 6.4.4.2 with Quick Access (Beta 3)—Ergonomics

For our Ergonomics customers only. Software download for cursor control using eye tracking providing version 6.4 which is 32/64-bit compatible. EyeTech continues to improve and better your experiences with eye tracking software with the following:

  • New installer 12.01.30.16
  • New driver installer 12.01.30.15
  • New driver install location
    • Better dwell animation.
    • Added combo box for Click Methods (instead of a separate box for Blink, Blink Long, and Dwell)
    • In Click Methods:
      • “Blink” means Single Click Normal Blinks.
      • “Blink+” means Single Click Normal Blinks with Double Click Long Blinks.
    • Blink Sounds added to settings menu.
    • Dwell Area added to settings menu.
    • Smaller toolbar sizes available: “very small” and “smallest”.
    • Millisecond settings replaced with seconds.
    • Fixed updated calibration bug.
    • Added “Ctrl” and “Shift” buttons to the toolbar.
  • Dwell-clicking fixed in here


EyeTech 2012 Conference Schedule

EyeTech’s Travel Schedule for 2012

January 27, 2012
EyeTech TM4 Mini Eye Tracker Launched To Aid Disabled

EyeTech Digital Systems will be unveiling the EyeTech TM4 mini, the smallest, most portable eye tracker on the market at this week’s ATIA conference in Orlando, FL.     EyeTech’s engineering team designed this new eye tracker using a revolutionary USB camera, making it a simple add-on to nearly all laptops currently on the market. Key advantages [...]

January 19, 2012
Michael

Michael Overcoming Thoracic Outlet Syndrome with Eye Tracking for Work

January 17, 2012
Quick Link 2 Version 2.4.4.0 (Beta)

For Developers only. This is our newest eye tracking API providing version 2.4.4.0 . Some of the many changes so far:

  • New installer 12.01.17.13
  • Bug Fix: Calibration bias reset in a calibration contaniner when a new calibration is performed.
  • Bug Fix: Modified autogain to reduce gain oscilation.
  • Feature: Added settings for specifying the eye radius.
  • Feature: Added three new gaze point filter methods.
  • Feature: Added eye radius calibration functions.
  • Improvement: Enhance the accuracy of the distance calculation
  • Internal formatting and comment changes.
  • Bug Fix: Under certain conditions the ROI would not center properly when only one eye was found.
  • Bug Fix: Under certain conditions the ROI would not flip to check for incorrectly classified eyes.
  • Bug Fix: Minor internal bugs fixed.
  • Bug Fix: Disabled internal debugging features that were causing slow performance.
  • Dwell-clicking broken in Quick Glance 6.4; fixed in Quick Glance 6.4.4.2

January 11, 2012
Eye Tracking System Enables Charter School VP to Compute Hands Free

Howard has Muscular Dystrophy, but this hasn’t stopped him from a successful career as the Vice President of a National Chain of Private Charter Schools. We met Howard at the Arizona Science Center with a group of his students and within five minutes of being introduced to our TM4 Eye Tracker, it became obvious that this would change both his career and personal life forever!


EyeTech Digital Systems Unveils Two New Eye Tracking Devices at CES Conference

EyeTech Digital Systems, maker of cutting-edge eye tracking solutions, will be introducing two new products built around their VT (Vision Tracker) series at the 2012 International CES technology conference January 10 through 13 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both new products feature a unique proprietary USB camera. The new VT2 Mini is the smallest eye tracker [...]

January 6, 2012
Eye Tracking Mouse Helps Business Professional Suffering from Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

“I really enjoy the eye tracker software. It makes it possible for me to use my computer again allowing me to be both productive at home and at work.”

- Michael

December 21, 2011
Easter Seals Assistive Technology Update

Wade Wingler of Easter Seals Crossroads Indiana Chapter demonstrates the EyeTech TM4 eye gaze system on a laptop in the video below.