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Gaze beats mouse: hands-free selection by combining gaze and emg

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Facial EMG for selection is fast, easy and, combined with gaze pointing, it can provide completely hands-free interaction. In this pilot study, 5 participants performed a simple point-and-select task using mouse or gaze for pointing and a mouse button or a facial-EMG switch for selection. Gaze pointing was faster than mouse pointing, while maintaining a similar error rate. EMG and mouse-button selection had a comparable performance. From analyses of completion time, throughput and error rates, we concluded that the combination of gaze and facial EMG holds potential for outperforming the mouse.

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    CHI EA '08: CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    April 2008
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    2. electromyography
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