PsychNology Journal, Volume 7, Number 2, 197 – 211

Gaze beats mouse:
A case study on a gaze-controlled breakout  

Michael Dorr, Laura Pomarjanschi, Erhardt Barth    
Institute for Neuro- and Bioinformatics University of Lübeck, Germany


Abstract 
We present an open-source, gaze-controlled adaptation of the well-known Breakout computer game. In a tournament where 20 subjects took turns playing this game against each other, one using gaze and one using a mouse, we demonstrate that gaze can be a superior input modality. In another experiment, we collected eye movement data from 9 subjects playing this game and find that expert and novice players differ in their employed eye movement strategies.

Keywords: Gaming with gaze, human-computer interaction, alternative input devices.

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Dorr, M., Pomarjanschi, L., & Barth, E. (2009). Gaze beats mouse: A case study on a gaze-controlled Breakout. PsychNology Journal, 7(2), 197 – 211. Retrieved [month] [day], [year], from www.psychnology.org.

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