Advanced gaze visualizations for three-dimensional virtual environments

  • Authors:
  • Sophie Stellmach;Lennart Nacke;Raimund Dachselt

  • Affiliations:
  • Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany;Blekinge Institute of Technology, Ronneby, Sweden;Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2010 Symposium on Eye-Tracking Research & Applications
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Gaze visualizations represent an effective way for gaining fast insights into eye tracking data. Current approaches do not adequately support eye tracking studies for three-dimensional (3D) virtual environments. Hence, we propose a set of advanced gaze visualization techniques for supporting gaze behavior analysis in such environments. Similar to commonly used gaze visualizations for two-dimensional stimuli (e.g., images and websites), we contribute advanced 3D scan paths and 3D attentional maps. In addition, we introduce a models of interest timeline depicting viewed models, which can be used for displaying scan paths in a selected time segment. A prototype toolkit is also discussed which combines an implementation of our proposed techniques. Their potential for facilitating eye tracking studies in virtual environments was supported by a user study among eye tracking and visualization experts.