Eye and pointer coordination in search and selection tasks

Authors:
Hans-Joachim Bieg;Lewis L. Chuang;Roland W. Fleming;Harald Reiterer;Heinrich H. Bülthoff
Affiliations:
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany;Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany;Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany;University of Konstanz, Germany;Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany and Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2010 Symposium on Eye-Tracking Research & Applications
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Selecting a graphical item by pointing with a computer mouse is a ubiquitous task in many graphical user interfaces. Several techniques have been suggested to facilitate this task, for instance, by reducing the required movement distance. Here we measure the natural coordination of eye and mouse pointer control across several search and selection tasks. We find that users automatically minimize the distance to likely targets in an intelligent, task dependent way. When target location is highly predictable, top-down knowledge can enable users to initiate pointer movements prior to target fixation. These findings question the utility of existing assistive pointing techniques and suggest that alternative approaches might be more effective.