Age of Empires III Eye tracking Study

This short video illustrates eye-gaze tracking with the Mirametrix S1 Eye tracker while playing Microsoft's Age of Empires III.

Eye-tracking has great potential as a tool in the evaluation of game design. Knowing where a player looks and doesn't look provides excellent feedback on improving the playability of a game. Game developers can see their games literally from the eyes of their users.

Using the Mirametrix S1 Eye tracker to track gaze position and the Viewer application for gaze overlay and screen recording, it is possible to tell exactly where the user's attention was at all times during game play. See our website for more information on how we can help you improve your products: http://mirametrix.com

This video shows a condensed mission, short segments were taken from the start, middle and end of the mission which took about 30 minutes to complete.

The eye-gaze position is shown in red, the mouse position in green, left mouse clicks in blue and right mouse clicks in yellow. The size of the red circle is proportional to the duration of the fixation (stable point-of-gaze). Fixations are connected by a red line (saccades or quick jumps of the eyes).

The brain typically processes information only when the eye is fixating, so fixations are a good indication of where the users cognitive processing (thinking) is taking place. The peripheral vision can provide queues on where to look next in the game, which the eye then jumps to with a fast saccade, to view with the fovea or high resolution part of the eye for a detailed look. During a saccade the visual system is suppressed and the user doesn't "see" anything until the eye slows down, as the image on the eye is blurred with motion.

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[MaskedOddity]

@locomotionfreak99 Basically the description says the red dot's are where the play is looking at the screen. Obviously, when you play an RTS, you need to look at certain things such as the mini map or the units/structures when you select them. Apparently, you're brain doesn't process what it's seeing until your eye stops moving or, something along those lines... So, when a red circle appears the person is thinking about what/where to "click" next, and why.

[locomotionfreak99]

well wtf is this?