Windows 10 to let you control your PC with your eyes

Microsoft is going to add a new Eye Control accessibility feature to Windows 10. The feature originated with a hackathon request in 2014 and was developed in cooperation with Tobii. The latest Windows 10 Insider Preview builds feature a test version, it enables people with disabilities to control the cursor and an on-screen keyboard via eye tracking hardware.

Microsoft is positioning Eye Control as an accessibility feature, and it says that the work originated with a hackathon request in 2014. Former NFL player Steve Gleason, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (aka Lou Gehrig's disease or, for UK readers, motor neurone disease), wanted the company to help him address the challenges that come with the loss of muscle movement that his disease causes. The muscles controlling eye movement are often unaffected by the disease, making eye control a robust option. The hackathon produced a gaze-based way of controlling a wheelchair, and it inspired Microsoft to investigate the scope of eye control more extensively.

Tobii provides details on how to get it working.



Via: ARS Technica