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This paper focuses on the development of a gaze-based control strategy for semiautonomous wheelchairs. Starting from the information gathered by an eye tracker, the work aims to develop a novel paradigm of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) by means of a Virtual Reality (VR) environment, where specific motion metrics are evaluated.
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Maule, L., Fornaser, A., Leuci, M., Conci, N., Da Lio, M., De Cecco, M. (2016). Development of Innovative HMI Strategies for Eye Controlled Wheelchairs in Virtual Reality. In: De Paolis, L., Mongelli, A. (eds) Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics. AVR 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9769. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40651-0_29
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