Gaze tracking: Controlling with your eyes - Input Origins #16

Your eyes were never meant to be buttons.

Gaze tracking seems natural, which is why it’s now everywhere — from AR/VR headsets and smart glasses to assistive systems that let ALS patients communicate using only their eyes.

But looking isn’t the same as intending.

That gap has shaped over a century of research, from early psychology labs to modern XR platforms, forcing designers to add dwell-time, confirmations, and secondary inputs just to make gaze usable.

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Welcome back to - Input Origins - , our monthly look at how humans control technology.

This time: Gaze Tracking - A short history of eye-based input, and why it still needs a partner.

Input Origins is published on the last Thursday of every month.

Series editor: Ariel Amar

Read here - https://mudra-band.com/blogs/input-origins/input-origins-gaze-tracking-controlling-devices-with-your-16