Eyetracking of 2 year old child playing teletubbies

Tom aged two and a half plays teletubbies - video from 2004 - see if you can see his choices before he makes them - simple demonstration of the power of eye tracking.

* I am wearing sunglasses - not to look cool - but so the eyetracker doesn't track me
* Tom was only two and a half and had to be calibrated first - but it's so simple he did it first time (I just kept saying 'look at the dot Tom')
* The video clearly demonstrates that the eye tracking is resistant to head movements - and you don't need to wear anything or put your head anywhere special
* We can clearly see Tom's choices before he tells us - predict which game and which teletubby he wants to colour in
* In the background you can hear his bossy big sister (Hannah) - now Tom was (and still is) a quite precise chap and likes things to be right - so he wanted to colour Lala yellow (his eye trace clearly tells us this) but he capitulated to his sister's demands of 'Greeeeen' - clever chap - he knows when the fight is worth it and when it's better to have a quiet life

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• eyetracking
• usability testing
• usability
• bunnyfoot

[Cheskiman]

This is really cool mate!

[ThinkEyetracking]

Tom's older sister (Hannah) is in the background prompting him; at 44 seconds he is looking at Yellow but Hannah shouts green and Tom goes with that.

[jorimoss]

This is really interesting watching the childs eye movements. What he looks at in response to his fathers prompts tells you a lot about his thought process - it's almost like getting a glimpse into another persons brain. Cool.

[superaaronreview98]

teletubbies is boring