User Expectations of Everyday Gaze Interaction on Smartglasses

Abstract

Gaze tracking technology is increasingly seen as a viable and practical input modality in a variety of everyday contexts, such as interacting with computers, mobile devices, public displays and wearables (e.g. smartglasses). We conducted an exploratory study consisting of six focus group sessions to understand people's expectations towards everyday gaze interaction on smartglasses. Our results provide novel insights into the role of use-context and social conventions regarding gaze behavior in acceptance of gaze interaction, various social and personal issues that need to be considered while designing gaze-based applications and user preferences of various gaze-based interaction techniques. Our results have many practical design implications and serve towards human-centric design and development of everyday gaze interaction technologies.