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Amazing how good eye tracking works on my phone (15 Pro). Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to press buttons via blinking, only by "dwelling" on an item

Amazing how good eye tracking works on my phone (15 Pro). Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to press buttons via blinking, only by "dwelling" on an item for a few seconds, which makes using my phone feel quite hectic and prone to to inadvertent inputs to me.

cush 2y ago
It's really bad on my iPhone 13. Surprised they released it here. After one or two clicks it needs to recalibrate. There doesn't seem to be a way to not click on things either. No way to change apps. After the third recalibration, I selected "yes" to "would you like to disable eye tracking", and while eye tracking was disabled, I also lost access to swiping down on the control center or swiping up on the app switcher. Had to restart the phone to get things back to a usable place.
nomel 2y ago
I think interfering with a biological necessity that is there to maintain eye health probably isn't a good candidate for HID input. I suspect the user would end up with very dry eyes, as they subconsciously/consciously refrained from blinking, even if it were only long blinks (which I do often if my eyes feel the need). Now I could see a wink working! Left wink, right wink. And, with a wink, you don't lose tracking during the action (just half the signal).
- azinman2 2y ago
  This is built for accessibility for people with extreme impairments. Think quadriplegic, ALS, nervous system disorders, etc.
- FollowingTheDao 2y ago
  Talk about eye health...are there any studies of long term IR exposure on the eyes? (I am assuming they are using IR sensors.)
  - gruez 2y ago
    It's unclear why an iPhone would be worse than a 60W light bulb, or the sun, both of which emit so much IR you can feel the heat with your hands.
- willio58 2y ago
  Why not double blink? Or a flare of the nose?
helsinki 2y ago
Mine doesn’t work at all on a 16 Pro. Maybe due to astigmatism?
- yzydserd 2y ago
  It’s terrible for me too. Mild astigmatism and amblyopia. It’s now got me wondering how well I’d get along with Vision Pro.
  - helsinki 2y ago
    I also have the Vision Pro and it’s not perfect for me. It definitely struggles with precision. Actually, now that you mention it, it felt very similar to my poor experience with the 16 pro.
bdavbdav 2y ago
Hectic is a good way to describe it. I was frantically trying to turn it off when it seemed to just start clicking on things at random.
sen 2y ago
Just tried it on a 16 Pro Max and it’s insanely good. I really expected it to be a lot more random and buggy, but had no problem navigating the phone and “clicking” buttons etc. This is basically the sort of “future tech” I imagined as a kid. We can now talk to computers and they talk back (ChatGPT, Apple Intelligence, etc) and flawless navigate our portable super computers just by looking at them.
somedude895 2y ago
Interesting, it's practically useless on my iPhone 13 (non-Pro) due to being extremely jittery and inaccurate

cush 2y ago

It's really bad on my iPhone 13. Surprised they released it here. After one or two clicks it needs to recalibrate. There doesn't seem to be a way to not click on things either. No way to change apps. After the third recalibration, I selected "yes" to "would you like to disable eye tracking", and while eye tracking was disabled, I also lost access to swiping down on the control center or swiping up on the app switcher. Had to restart the phone to get things back to a usable place.

nomel 2y ago

I think interfering with a biological necessity that is there to maintain eye health probably isn't a good candidate for HID input. I suspect the user would end up with very dry eyes, as they subconsciously/consciously refrained from blinking, even if it were only long blinks (which I do often if my eyes feel the need). Now I could see a wink working! Left wink, right wink. And, with a wink, you don't lose tracking during the action (just half the signal).

azinman2 2y ago
This is built for accessibility for people with extreme impairments. Think quadriplegic, ALS, nervous system disorders, etc.
FollowingTheDao 2y ago
Talk about eye health...are there any studies of long term IR exposure on the eyes? (I am assuming they are using IR sensors.)
- gruez 2y ago
  It's unclear why an iPhone would be worse than a 60W light bulb, or the sun, both of which emit so much IR you can feel the heat with your hands.
willio58 2y ago
Why not double blink? Or a flare of the nose?

helsinki 2y ago

Mine doesn’t work at all on a 16 Pro. Maybe due to astigmatism?

yzydserd 2y ago
It’s terrible for me too. Mild astigmatism and amblyopia. It’s now got me wondering how well I’d get along with Vision Pro.
- helsinki 2y ago
  I also have the Vision Pro and it’s not perfect for me. It definitely struggles with precision. Actually, now that you mention it, it felt very similar to my poor experience with the 16 pro.

bdavbdav 2y ago

Hectic is a good way to describe it. I was frantically trying to turn it off when it seemed to just start clicking on things at random.

sen 2y ago

Just tried it on a 16 Pro Max and it’s insanely good. I really expected it to be a lot more random and buggy, but had no problem navigating the phone and “clicking” buttons etc. This is basically the sort of “future tech” I imagined as a kid. We can now talk to computers and they talk back (ChatGPT, Apple Intelligence, etc) and flawless navigate our portable super computers just by looking at them.

somedude895 2y ago

Interesting, it's practically useless on my iPhone 13 (non-Pro) due to being extremely jittery and inaccurate